Islamabad: A teenage Pakistani girl has been shot dead by her uncle following a row over loud music, police said on Tuesday.
The incident happened on Saturday in the Kallar Kahar valley in Punjab province's Chakwal district, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) from the capital Islamabad.
"The girl Rehana Bibi was alone at her home and was listening to music when her uncle Muhammad Gulistan... came to her house and asked to lower the volume," Sadat Ali, an official on duty at Kallar Kahar police station, told AFP.
Another police official, Ali Akbar, said they were attempting to arrest the killer.
In Pakistan's highly patriarchal and often violent society, women are frequently killed over minor issues or so-called matters of "honour".
The incident happened on Saturday in the Kallar Kahar valley in Punjab province's Chakwal district, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) from the capital Islamabad.
"The girl Rehana Bibi was alone at her home and was listening to music when her uncle Muhammad Gulistan... came to her house and asked to lower the volume," Sadat Ali, an official on duty at Kallar Kahar police station, told AFP.
Another police official, Ali Akbar, said they were attempting to arrest the killer.
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In Pakistan's highly patriarchal and often violent society, women are frequently killed over minor issues or so-called matters of "honour".
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