According to Mominabad police, a young couple was shot dead in Orangi Town on Monday, for marrying of their own free will.
The suspects broke into their house in Bismillah Colony near the Al-Fatah graveyard around 8.30am and shot Safeena, 17 and her husband, Khan Gul, 22, and escaped.
The bodies were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
The police officer said that the couple belonged to the Mehsud tribe and were living in Jinjal Goth off the Superhighway near New Subzimandi.
Around three months ago, Safeena got married to her cousin, Khan Gul and disappeared. She was already engaged to her maternal cousin Ikramullah. The police said they had lived in Orangi Town for one month but it was not known where they had lived the next two months.
The police registered a case against Ikramullah, former fiancé of the girl, and his father, Muzammil, on a complaint of the girl’s father, Mehboob Khan.