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Pakistan arrests 11 suspects after viral video of couple shot dead in 'honour killing'
BALOCHISTAN PROVINCE, PAKISTAN, JUL 21 – Authorities arrested 11 suspects, including a tribal council leader, after a viral video showed a couple executed for marrying without family consent amid calls for justice and legal reforms.
- In Quetta, Bugti directed law enforcement to locate the crime scene and arrest all those involved without delay, after a viral video showed the couple’s execution.
- In recent years, so-called honor killings have persisted across Pakistan, with HRCP data showing at least 335 women and 119 men killed last year alone.
- According to Bugti, at least 11 suspects have been arrested since the video circulated and an FIR was filed at Hanna-Urak police station.
- Amid the probe, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari called the suspects `beasts` who deserve no leniency, while Bugti pledged ongoing investigations and prosecutions.
- Rights activists say the incident underscores entrenched power of tribal councils, urging abolition of parallel jirga systems and stronger enforcement to end impunity.
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Shoot me but nothing more: Pak woman's dishonour-killing clip leads to arrests
A viral video showing a Pakistani woman, along with a man, and her final words before being executed by a jirga, including her own brother, sparked widespread outrage. A month after the incident and much hue and cry, Balochistan police have arrested 13 people, including the tribal chief who ordered the killing.
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