Summary An investigation into the matter has been launched.
KOHISTAN (Daily Dunya) – An implacable man identified as Areeq Shah killed her daughter and nephew in the name of honor in Kohistan.
Police sources said that the man stabbed his daughter Salma who was wife of Ismail Shah by an axe and gunned down his nephew Qasim Shah.
The suspect fled the scene after the mishap whereas police officers recovered the bodies and shifted them to the hospital for postmortem.
An investigation into the matter has been launched.
Some 500 women are killed each year in Pakistan at the hands of family members over perceived damage to "honor" that can involve eloping, fraternizing with men or any other infraction against conservative values relating to women.
In most cases, the victim is a woman and the killer is a relative who escapes punishment by seeking forgiveness for the crime from family members.
Under the new law, relatives can forgive convicts in the case of a death sentence, but they would still have to face a mandatory life sentence.
