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Daily Archives: May 29, 2007

Man kills wife, guest over karo-kari

KHAIRPUR, May 28: A man and woman were killed in Fatoo Siyal Chachar village, in the jurisdiction of Mehboob Kalhoro police station, on Sunday night on the pretext of karo-kari. Reports said that one Gulzar Chachar opened fire on his wife Mehmooda 23, and Nek Mohammad Chachar. Both of them died on the spot. Nek […]


Girl killed over Karo-kari

Mirpurkhas, May 28: An unmarried girl was killed over ‘Karo-kari’ at Village Turk Ali Mari of the Taluka Hussain Bux Mari. According to details, the girl was brutally tortured to death by her relatives after terming her Kari. They buried her without performing any religious rituals. Local police, however, did not confirm the incident. Source: […]


Journalist’s house attacked with hand grenades

Peshawar: Unidentified persons lobbed two hand grenades at the house of journalist Nasrullah Afridi on 26 May 2007, damaging the boundary wall and veranda. Afridi, the correspondent for the daily “Mashriq” in the tribal Khyber Agency, was publicly threatened the previous week by a leader of Lashkar-i-Islam, a militant Islamic organisation. Fortunately no one was […]