LAHORE: A widow was hacked to death, allegedly by her father-in-law, for “honour” in Multan on Friday.

Police say Arosha (30), a mother of three, whose husband had died a year ago, was in her house in Hassanabad when her father-in-law, Nazar Muhammad, allegedly attacked her with a cleaver, leaving her critically injured. She succumbed to her wounds on the spot.

The police shifted the body to the morgue for autopsy and registered the case on the complaint of the victim’s father, Amanullah.

A police official says the suspect was arrested and the cleaver used in the murder was also recovered from him.

He claims the suspect confessed to his crime, saying he murdered his daughter-in-law for “honour”.

Published in Dawn, June 20th, 2026