KARACHI: A woman was allegedly killed by her relatives in Karachi on Wednesday night allegedly in the name of honour.
According to the reports, the victim, Nayab Bibi, mother of two minor children, was allegedly shot dead by her uncle and other relatives inside her house in Lasbela area of Karachi.
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Police said that the suspects managed to escape from the area after the murder. The officials said that Nayab Bibi hailed from Charsadda and had contracted marriage of her choice few years ago.
Her nephew said that she was living on a rented house for over one year. He said that her husband, Muhammad Yousaf, is a driver by profession.
He added that unidentified armed men attacked on the house and killed the women tonight.
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She left behind two children, two-year old baby girl and a six-month-old baby boy.
Earlier on February 23, Police investigations had disclosed that two bodies of a man and woman, found near Hub Dam were murdered in the name of honour.
The tortured bodies had been identified as Naseeb Zar Khan and Wahabsar Khan, two residents of Mominabad Metroville area of Karachi.
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