Man kills his 17-year-old niece over loud music

A teenage Pakistani girl aged 17-years has been shot dead by her uncle following a row over loud music, police said Tuesday.  The incident happened in the Kallar Kahar valley in Punjab province’s Chakwal district, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) from the capital Islamabad.

“The girl Rehana Bibi was alone at her home and was listening to music when her uncle, Muhammad Gulistan, came to her house and asked her to lower the volume,” Sadat Ali, an official on duty at Kallar Kahar police station stated.

 

 

“On her refusal, they quarreled and Gulistan shot her dead,” said Ali.   Police are on the lookout for the killer uncle to arrest him.

Police said they were not aware of any family feud leading up to the attack.

In Pakistan’s highly patriarchal and often violent society, women are frequently killed over minor issues or so-called matters of “honour”.

The Aurat Foundation, a campaign group that works to improve women’s lives in Pakistan, says more than 3,000 have been killed for “honour” since 2008.

 

Source: Daily Times of India