Police Chief Khurram
Rasheed said a 17-year-old girl who helped her friend elope was drugged,
strangled and put in the same van her friend used to elope. The van was then
torched.
Thirteen members of a
tribal council in Pakistan have been arrested over the killing of a 17-year-old
girl who helped her friend elope.
The charred remains of
Ambreen Riasat were discovered in a burnt-out Suzuki van in the tourist resort
of Donga Gali on 29 April.
The girl's mother, who
supported the decision of the tribal council, or jirga, was also arrested.
The group has been remanded
into police custody for two weeks on murder and terrorism charges.
In Pakistan, women who defy
their family in the name of love are considered a source of shame.
Hundreds of women are
murdered in Pakistan every year by their relatives in so-called "honour
killings".
Activist Samar Minallah
said tribal councils often kill women in order to teach a lesson to others in
the community.
"Until and unless you
take strong action against these jirga members and their supporters in the
community, no law can help to stop the brutal killing of women for
honour," she said.
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