DERA MURAD JAMALI: Three women and two men were killed in the name of honour in Jaffarabad, Mast­ung and Hub areas during the past one day, police said.

Police said that a man gunned down his young wife and a nephew in the Goth Faqir Mohammad area of Jaffarabad district on Friday evening.

A man and his wife were slaughtered on the outskirts of Mastung town.

A woman, Mah Jan, was allegedly gunned down by her second husband in Hub on Saturday.

Investigation into the incidents is in progress.

Published in Dawn, February 13th, 2022

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