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Father kills daughter, man over 'honour' in Pak

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Press Trust of India Lahore

A father allegedly killed his teenage daughter and a man in a suspected case of honour killing in Pakistan's Punjab province.

The 17-year-old girl, Shiba, and her 19-year-old friend, Almas, were found dead at the girl's house in a village in Mandi Bahauddin on Sunday, police said.

Citing initial investigations, a police official said that it seems that the double murder was a case of 'honour killing'.

The entire family of the deceased girl is on the run.

Police said that a case will be lodged after a post-mortem examination of the victims.

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First Published: Apr 08 2019 | 8:40 PM IST

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