SUKKUR, Jan 30: A jirga held in Titroi village near here on Wednesday settled a dispute between two groups of the Magsi clan over murder of a woman declared kari and later murdered by her family.

The jirga found one Karam Magsi guilty of being karo  and imposed a fine of Rs1.1 million on him and his group.

Ameeran, daughter of Latif Dino, was killed a month ago in Kotdiji near Khairpur. She was declared kari by her family. The woman’s father had lodged an FIR at the Kotdiji police station against five suspects, three of them were arrested.

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