Couple killed for honour in Charsadda

E-Paper | June 15, 2026

CHARSADDA: A couple was killed for honour in New Mathera area in the jurisdiction of Battgram police station here on Sunday.

The man aged 21 and woman 18.

The police shifted the bodies to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Shabqadar, for postmortem. The bodies were later handed over to family members after postmortem.

Families of the victims got registered cross FIRs with the Battgram police station.

The police have started further investigations into the incident.

Published in Dawn, August 9th, 2021

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Pakistan

510 women, 259 men fell prey to ‘honour’ killing during five years in Sindh

Supreme Court sees no honour in honour killings

Ibrahim S

Aug 09, 2021 09:27am

Nero was fiddling while Rome was burning. PM IK a planting trees while women are being killed in the name of family honor. CII is still finding a way out to protect the pious men protecting their family honor.

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Naz Khan

Aug 09, 2021 04:14pm

@Ibrahim S How would you or the PM stop someone intent on these action?

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Naz Khan

Aug 09, 2021 04:15pm

@Ibrahim S How could the PM stop someone carrying out these actions?

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M. Saeed

Aug 09, 2021 04:47pm

Honor would never be defined correctly and understood by our semi-literate hardliners bent upon having their own definition of honor.

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AZAM AKBAR

Aug 09, 2021 09:58pm

Sick society.

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MUMTAZ Ahmed Shah

Aug 10, 2021 06:18am

There should be A law against honor killing in Pakistan. (USA)

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Ramay.

Aug 10, 2021 06:38am

Demising society full of absolute sick minds.

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