LAHORE: The police claim to have traced the blind murder of a young girl who was allegedly killed some two months back and her body was thrown on Lahore-Sialkot Motorway in Gujjarpura police precincts.

The body of 24-year-old girl (J), a resident of Muzaffargarh, was packed in a sack and a motorist had alerted the police when he found it on the motorway.

The Gujarpura police had lodged a case against unidentified killer(s).

The Civil Lines division investigation SP said the case has been traced some two months after the incident.

He said it seems the girl was murdered by her father and brother and police teams have been dispatched for their arrest.

The motive behind the killing of the girl was yet to be ascertained, he said.

Published in Dawn, October 7th, 2020

Opinion

Editorial

Impending slaughter
Updated 07 May, 2024

Impending slaughter

Seven months into the slaughter, there are no signs of hope.
Wheat investigation
07 May, 2024

Wheat investigation

THE Shehbaz Sharif government is in a sort of Catch-22 situation regarding the alleged wheat import scandal. It is...
Naila’s feat
07 May, 2024

Naila’s feat

IN an inspirational message from the base camp of Nepal’s Mount Makalu, Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani stressed...
Plugging the gap
06 May, 2024

Plugging the gap

IN Pakistan, bias begins at birth for the girl child as discriminatory norms, orthodox attitudes and poverty impede...
Terrains of dread
Updated 06 May, 2024

Terrains of dread

Restored faith in the police is unachievable without political commitment and interprovincial support.
Appointment rules
Updated 06 May, 2024

Appointment rules

If the judiciary had the power to self-regulate, it ought to have exercised it instead of involving the legislature.