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JHANG: Two sisters were killed by their three brothers for ‘honour’ here on Sunday at Chak No. 181/JB.
Reports said Zulekhan and Gulzar Bibi refused to marry men of their family’s choice and wanted to contract love marriage.
The family members allegedly detained them at house and arranged their marriage.
The girls in order to avert forced marriage tried to leave the house while their brothers Muhammad Asif, Shahbaz and Arshad fired on them, killing them on the spot.
Azhar Khan, father of the girls, approached the police who registered a case against his sons. No arrests have been made so far.
Published in Dawn, February 2nd, 2015
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Feb 02, 2015 09:48am
Law and order situation in Pakistan is beyond control. The honor killings have been practiced for decades in Pakistan. No government including Ayub Khan's marshal law stopped tis cruel killing of sisters. Most of the honor killers are not punished in our corrupt judicial system. So long the corrupt system runs the country, honor killings will continue.
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Feb 02, 2015 10:05am
as long as south asian mothers do not instill the right values in their sons when they are toodlers these things will continue to happen in India and Pakistan. Women have to protect women in these countries as men will not. Unfortunately lack access to education for the girl child is also a major factor. Atleast Modi is making a serious attempt to correct this.
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Feb 02, 2015 10:07am
No arrests? WHY?????????????
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Feb 03, 2015 02:29am
Anyone with true honor would never even think about murdering a family member. They certainly wouldn't kill a family member for refusing a marriage that would most likely be loveless and abusive.
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