JACOBABAD, July 16: A 16-year-old girl, Hanifan Buriro, was shot dead by her brother-in-law due to a matrimonial dispute in the Illahi Bux Buriro village in the jurisdiction of Miranpur Buriro police station on Sunday. No FIR was lodged till the filing of this report.

BURNT: A young woman sustained burn injuries when her husband set her ablaze following a domestic dispute on Sunday in Ansari Mohalla, Thul.

Parveen, 18, was at house when her husband Aijaz Ansari sprinkled petrol on her and set her ablaze.

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