Summary The suspects identified as Hussain and Qasim fled the scene after the incident.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Another woman in Karachi was gunned down in the name of honour, reported on Monday.
According to details, the incident took place in Orangi Town where a ruthless son and nephew opened firing and killed a woman Nasreen.
The suspects identified as Hussain and Qasim fled the scene after the incident while police personnel launched an investigation into the matter.
Earlier, a ruthless brother Hayat murdered his sister Sumera in Mominabad. The 17-year-old girl continued beseeching the brother for her life but the suspect killed her by stabbing repeatedly.
Sources told that Sumera was honour-killed over just a suspicion.
Hundreds of women are murdered by their relatives in Pakistan each year on the excuse of defending family ‘honour’.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had also vowed to eradicate the evil of honour killings in Pakistan after director Sharmeen Obaid won an Oscar for a documentary on such murders.
“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” — a film telling the story of a rare survivor of such murders — won the Academy Award for best documentary short at the star-studded Hollywood ceremony on Sunday.
Pakistan amended its criminal code in 2005 to prevent men who kill female relatives escaping punishment by pardoning themselves as an “heir” of the victim.
