Girl killed by father, brother for marrying ex-brother-in-law

LAHORE: A married girl was shot dead by her father and brother in the name of ‘honour’ in the Islampura area on Saturday.

The police said accused Muhammad Ashraf and his son Akhtar had nursed a grudge against Humaira, daughter of Muhammad Ashraf, after she married her ex-brother-in-law, Amjad. Humaira was sitting in her lawyer’s car and waiting for recording her statement under Section 164 CrPC when Ashraf and Akhtar allegedly shot her dead.