Parent­s deny their daught­er was stoned to deathKARACHI: Dadu police initiated on Saturday an investigation in an alleged honour killing incident in a remote village near Wahi Pandi after rumours surfaced that a minor girl was stoned to death. Police lodged an FIR against six persons – Ali Nawaz, son of Shahnawaz Rind, Sami, son of Wahid Bux Rind, and four unidentified persons – on the basis of information collected so far. “The girl was a minor but her age has not been confirmed even by her parents,” said DSP Pir Bux Chandio. Area residents said a jirga was held before the incident, and the leader had declared a fatwa to stone the girl to death. Sharing the parents’ statement, Chandio said the victim’s father, Ali Bux Rind said that the girl died after a part of the roof of their house fell on her head.

Source: The Express Tribune November 30, 2019 16:02 UTC