Honour killing-woman and paramour gunned down 'for honour' in Shikarpur,

A man and a mother of three children were gunned down on Friday in Qaisar Badani Jatoi village, some 80 kilometres off Shikarpur, over suspicion of having an illicit relationship, police said.
The incident took place within the jurisdiction of Faizo police station, where the 25-year-old woman, identified as Hayatan, and Gul Hassan Jatoi, 30, were reportedly shot dead by the husband of the deceased woman following an allegation of karo-kari [honour killing] levelled against the two, said Khanpur DSP Nazeer Ahmed Lashari.
The body of the deceased man was handed over to heirs following the postmortem examination from Taluka Hospital, Khanpur.
The senior official said police was investigating the matter, however, a case has not been registered. Meanwhile, the suspect remains at large.

Husband and wife found dead

Bodies of a man and his wife were recovered from their residence in Kath-Mandi [wood market], within the remits of New Faujdari police station in Shikarpur city.
SHO Akhtiar Ali Panhwar said that upon receiving information regarding the incident, police reached the residence and had to break the door of the room where the couple was found dead.
The deceased were later identified as 50-year-old Shahid Hussain Soomro, and his wife Farzana, 45.
The bodies were shifted to Rao Bahadur Udhawdas Tarachand (RBUT) Civil Hospital, Shikarpur, for postmortem examination and handed over to heirs.
"It appears that Soomro strangled his wife to death before committing suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan," the SHO revealed.
The motive behind the incident could not be ascertained, said Panhwar, adding that it was learnt that the husband and wife were accustomed to quarrelling with each other over domestic issues.
Further investigation into the deaths is underway, however, a case has not been registered yet.
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