Woman killed by husband for ‘honour’

Published April 27, 2026 Updated April 27, 2026 07:39am

KARACHI: A woman was killed allegedly by her husband in the name of so-called honour in Korangi on Sunday, police said.

Korangi Industrial Area SHO Nasir Mehmood said that Zulfiqar Imdar shot dead his 18-year-old wife, Sanam, in their Mehran Town home and fled.

The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities.

Published in Dawn, April 27th, 2026

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