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A mother of four was allegedly killed by her brother in a suspected 'honour killing' Thursday in the Loung Gopang village near Kot Diji of Khairpur district, Sindh, police sources said.
Police sources claimed that Ghulam Hussain Gopang confessed to the murder upon his arrest.
Gopang said he was motivated to commit the crime on the suspicion that his sister was in an illicit relationship with a local man, police claimed.
The woman's husband, Maher Gopang, did not comment on his wife's murder.
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Dec 29, 2016 01:25pm
There is a legal term worldwide, benefit of doubt, inspired by Islamic jurisprudence but unfortunately here in such cases, it is ignorance not honour which prevails and leads to such henious crimes...
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Dec 29, 2016 03:43pm
@Ahmed bin Babar , I agree, we need to stop calling it "Honor Killing". There is nothing honorable in killing kin (family).
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Dec 29, 2016 04:02pm
"I sent you as a mercy to the world." Where is the mercy in Pakistan?
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Dec 30, 2016 05:36am
Who said terrorism died in PK? Is this not an act of terrorism?
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