News Desk
QUETTA: At least three people including two women were shot dead in the incident of “honor killing” in Mastung area of Balochistan on Tuesday.
According to local media, there people including two women lost their lives when unidentified armed men opened fire in Kali Pada near Mastung, about forty-five kilometers from the provincial capital Quetta.
Couple settled in Mastung
The murdered couple, Zaheer from Mastung and her wife Fareeda Bibi from Sibi had married some five months back and settled in Mastung after fearing for their lives.
The armed men stormed their house, killing both of them and the mother of the husband before fleeing from the scene.
Rescue officials and police reached the spot after the incident and shifted the bodies to nearby hospital.
The Mastung Police Station SHO Noor Hussain Lehri said that a case has been registered on the deceased Zaheer’ brother and an operation had been launched to arrest the culprits.