Family on run after killing daughter in 'honour killing' case

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.