A local singer was shot dead during a festive ceremony in Kanga village near Larkana on Tuesday, Dawn reported.
Twenty-four-year-old Samina Samoon, also known as Samina Sindhu, was allegedly shot dead by Tarique Ahmed Jatoi while she was serenading the gathering.
She had reportedly refused to oblige his 'request' that she stand up while she sang.
The accused, who was allegedly intoxicated, had badgered the victim to comply before he shot her dead.Samina was rushed to the Chandka Hospital, but could not survive her injuries and was pronounced dead.
The slain singer's husband told journalists that she had been six months pregnant with their child.
He has demanded that the first information report should mention that the man who shot her and two of his accomplices are accused of double murder: that of the woman and her unborn child.
Police have arrested the main accused.Police in Pakistan have arrested a man accused of fatally shooting a Pregnant singer as she performed at a party held by a wealthy landlord.
Local police chief Hazoor Baksh Junejo said Thursday the man suspected of killing local performer Samina Sindhu has been arrested. Sindhu’s husband, Mohammad Ashiq, says the party on Tuesday was held by a wealthy landlord to celebrate his son’s birth. He says one of the guests drunkenly ordered Sindhu to dance before shooting her.
Local TV has aired footage of the shooting, which sparked anger on social media.
Shama Junejo, a human rights activist from Sindh province, where the shooting took place, tweeted that the singer had to perform due to poverty and that her husband was under pressure to drop the charges.
