KARACHI: A youth was murdered allegedly over a so-called honour issue in Korangi, police said on Sunday.

The body of 23-year-old Bilal Akram was found with a slit throat outside a park in Korangi No 3 late on Saturday night.

The body was handed over to family member after fulfilling legal formalities at the JPMC.

Korangi SHO Inayatullah Marwat told Dawn that the initial probe revealed that he was killed for ‘honour’.

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2018

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