–Police official confesses to killing his divorcee cousin due to doubts over her ‘character’A police official in Sukkur used duty rifle to kill his fiancée and paternal uncle on Friday for ‘honour’. The police later arrested the suspect along with the murder weapon — a state-issued G3 rifle. The SSP confirmed the arrest, and the recovery of the murder weapon, saying an investigation will be conducted according to the law. Last week, a 40-year-old Canadian citizen was killed in a suspected case of ‘honour’ killing in what was initially reported as a suicide. In October 2016, a joint sitting of both houses of parliament passed two important and pending pro-women bills against rape and honour killing.

Source: Pakistan Today January 25, 2019 17:48 UTC