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Couple in Karachi killed allegedly on jirga's orders for contracting freewill marriage
 [DAWN] A couple who contracted a free-will marriage in Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... earlier this year were killed allegedly on the orders of a jirga, police said on Monday. Abdul Hadi and Hussaini Bibi, who hailed from Kohistan ...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns.... , married without permission from their elders about a month and a half ago, Mominabad police told DawnNews. They had rented a house within the jurisdiction of the Mominabad cop shoppe earlier this month. On November 24, the residents of the area spotted blood around the house that had been rented by the couple and reported it to the police. As police began investigating the case, the victims' bodies were recovered from the Qaimkhani graveyard in Ittehad Town and sent to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a post-mortem examination. Senior Superintendent of Police Orangi Abid Baloch said police had tossed in the slammer Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! a suspect who confessed to killing the couple, along with some accomplices, on the orders of a jirga. Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah today took notice of the incident and expressed anger over the couple's murder. "This is Karachi, not a tribal area. How was a jirga held here?" he asked. Posted by: Fred 2017-11-28 |
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