Pakistan: Action Committee leader, woman shot dead in the name of honour

According to local reports, this is the second honour killing case reported in the GB's Tangir district within a week.

According to FIR registered with Jaglot Police Station, Javed Iqbal, his wife and children were washing clothes on a river near their home when two men, Afsar Khan and Dar Khan, reached there and allegedly shot Javed Iqbal dead, reported Dawn News.

After killing Iqbal, the accused even shot a woman dead in the name of honour.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has condemned the incident.

"HRCP strongly condemns the brutal ‘honour’ killing of Javed Naji—vice-chairman of the Awami Action Committee in Gilgit-Baltistan—and a married woman in Tangir, Diamer. That Naji was murdered in the presence of his mother and wife underscores the barbarity of the act," HRCP said in an X post.

"This marks the second such incident in Tangir within a week, with two women and two men killed in the name of ‘honour’. We demand an immediate and transparent investigation, swift prosecution of the perpetrators and urgent action to dismantle the culture of impunity surrounding honour-based violence in Gilgit-Baltistan," the X post said.