Girl shot dead over marriage dispute | Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)

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Girl shot dead over marriage dispute

FAISALABAD – A girl was shot dead while his sister sustained serious bullet wounds when a youth opened fire on them over a marriage issue in Railway Colony in Faislabad in November 16 night.

Rafiq Ahmed, a garments factory worker, proposed his colleague Nadra, but her parents refused. In a fit of rage, Rafiq went to the house of Nadra and opened indiscriminate fire on inmates, injuring Nadra and her sister Sameena seriously. Nadra died on way to a hospital while the condition of her sister was stated to be critical. People’s Colony police have registered a case against the accused.

Source: Dawn

Date:11/18/2004