In yet another killing for honour, a brother shot dead his 18-year-old sister for in Karachi’s Orangi Town on Thursday, police said.
The victim was murdered in Bakra Piri, Banaras as she chose to marry someone of her liking, they added.
The suspect fled the scene “immediately” after the shooting, the police claimed as they investigated the killing.
“Efforts are under way to apprehend the perpetrator,” Superintendent Police Faheem Farooqi said.
In 2023, an Italian court handed a Pakistani couple life sentences for killing their 18-year-old daughter because she refused an arranged marriage.
The year before, the brother of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch was acquitted of murdering her on appeal. He had earlier been sentenced to life in prison after confessing to the 2016 killing, saying it was because the star had brought shame on the family.
