An angry brother shot his elder sister dead because she
voted in Pakistani local elections after he had forbidden her to do so, police
said on Wednesday.The murder occurred in the town of Taxila 25 kilometres
west of Islamabad on Tuesday, according to officials.
Danish Ali, 20, was furious because his sister Asifa
Noreen, a 32-year old schoolteacher, had defied his instructions and cast her
vote, local police official Naeem Abbas told AFP.
“According to a report filed by the deceased's father,
Ali shot Noreen with his pistol and she died on the spot at their home,” Abbas
said.
Police were still hunting for Ali, who is on the run.
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