Friday, Mar 29, 2024 | Last Update : 02:06 PM IST

  World   South Asia  01 Nov 2017  Pakistan: Woman stripped, paraded in village for brother's affair; 7 held

Pakistan: Woman stripped, paraded in village for brother's affair; 7 held

AP
Published : Nov 1, 2017, 10:40 am IST
Updated : Nov 1, 2017, 10:40 am IST

The woman’s brother had an affair with a young woman from the suspects’ family.

Family honour is a sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where nearly 1,000 women are killed by their relatives each year for violating conservative norms on love and marriage. (Photo: AFP)
 Family honour is a sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where nearly 1,000 women are killed by their relatives each year for violating conservative norms on love and marriage. (Photo: AFP)

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Police in Pakistan have arrested seven men for parading a young woman through a village naked in connection with a dispute over family honour.

Police officer Mohammad Basharat Khan said Tuesday that the woman’s brother had an affair with a young woman from the suspects’ family.

He says they forced the young woman from the rival family to strip down before parading her through the village in northwestern Pakistan last week.

He says the two main suspects are still at large.

Family honour is a sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where nearly 1,000 women are killed by their relatives each year for violating conservative norms on love and marriage.

Tags: family honour, mohammad basharat khan, woman paraded naked, affair
Location: Pakistan, Nothwest Border Prov, Dera Ismail Khan