Balochistan Assembly adopts resolution against double murder over 'honour'

The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan has approved a joint resolution, condemning the murder of a man and woman in the Sanjeedi Degari of district Quetta.

The Pakistan Peoples Party, Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) Ghazala BiBi, presented the resolution in the assembly.

The resolution condemns the tragic murder of the alleged couple and demands the immediate conviction of the accused in the case.

Moreover, the Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti recommended the formation of a joint committee comprising both government and opposition members.

Earlier, the initial post-mortem report of the man and woman shot dead in the Degari area near Quetta reveals shocking details.

The police surgeon, Dr. Ayesha, claims that the guy was shot nine times and the woman seven times.

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The Degari coal mine graveyard served as the site of the autopsies.

Police surgeons from Sandeman Hospital conducted the examination.

According to the FIR, the case was registered under Sections 302 (murder), 149 (unlawful assembly), 148 (rioting while armed with a deadly weapon), 147 (rioting) of the Pakistan Penal Code and the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.