The lady’s homicide has sparked outrage in Pakistan.

A suspected honour killing tragically claimed the lifetime of an 18-year-old lady in Pakistan’s Kohistan area, orchestrated by her family. The incident stemmed from a viral social media video depicting a lady dancing with a boy. The lady’s companion, additionally seen within the video, narrowly escaped the same destiny resulting from well timed police intervention.

The lady’s household reportedly carried out the killing on the orders of a neighborhood jirga, a standard council of elders. Another lady who appeared in the identical video was additionally sentenced to demise by the jirga however was rescued by police earlier than the sentence might be carried out.

The lady’s homicide has sparked outrage in Pakistan, with many calling for an finish to honour killings. Speaking to ARY News, District Police Officer (DPO) Mukhtiar Tanoli stated that the police are investigating the incident and that the lady’s members of the family have been arrested.

The boy within the video has gone into hiding because of the escalating violent state of affairs.

The lady’s physique was transferred to a close-by well being facility for medical-legal procedures and subsequently returned to the household.

The police stated that the opposite lady within the video stated she felt no menace to her life from her household and wished to go together with them.

“We have launched an investigation to trace those who killed the girl and who either advised or convened a jirga and sentenced her to death,” a senior police official informed Geo TV.

The information outlet additional stated that the incident comes greater than 10 years after the same chilling incident left the nation shocked when 5 ladies had been murdered on a jirga decree after their video clapping to a person dancing at a household occasion went viral in 2011.Three brothers of the person within the video, too, had been killed later, whereas the case was highlighted by their different brother, Afzal Kohistani, in 2012, who was additionally shot useless in March 2019 in Abbottabad after extreme threats to his life.