DERA MURAD JAMALI: A woman and a man were gunned down in the name of honour in Goth Qaim Din in Magsi Shakh area of Nasirabad district on Sunday evening, police said.

The attackers, said to be relatives of the woman, opened fire on the two, killing them on the spot. Police shifted the bodies to the district hospital.

Police identified the man as Munir Ahmed and described it as an honour killing case. The killers fled the area after committing the crime. No arrest was reported.­

Published in Dawn, March 2nd, 2020

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