Honour killing: Kidnapped women say tribal elders want to kill them

SHIKARPUR: The women declared 'Kari' by the jirga said the people of the tribe wanted to kill them not their family, Geo News reported.

Ajeeba and Khursheed Begum Shar have been declared Kari by the Shar tribe jirga, which ordered their killing. They were produced before Judicial Magistrate Sadaf Khokhar on Wednesday.

While talking to Geo News, they demanded that the men who kidnapped them be declared Karo as well.

SSP Aitzaz Goraya said a case has been registered against the members of the jirga.

According to details, these two women along with two children Ikhtiar Ali and Aitbar Ali of Dur Muhammad Shar village of Shikarpur district, were allegedly kidnapped by unidentified men.

Both the women returned home after 12 hours following the intervention of an influential of the area.

Later, inessentials of the Shar tribe held a jirga to decide their fate where they declared both women Kari and announced a death sentence to them.