LAHORE Nov 01(TNS): A man killed his sister allegedly in the name of ‘honour’ in Lahore’s Satto Katla area on Wednesday, police said.
The man opened fire on his sister after having an argument in which he accused her of having an “immoral character”.
Police took the girl’s body into custody after residents of the area reported the incident. They also collected evidence from the site of the murder and recorded statements of eyewitnesses.
According to the police, the suspect fled the scene after killing his sister.
Hundreds of women and some men are murdered every year in the country, often by their own relatives, for going against their families’ wishes in matters of love and marriage.
According to Saima Munir, who works for the Aurat Foundation, there has been a 70 per cent increase in honour killings in the past year.
