The graves of victims of a previous stoning in Pakistan. Stoning is legal in 15 Muslim countries but there is no mention of it in the Koran

A couple have been stoned to death for adultery in the remote southwest of Pakistan on the orders of an Islamic cleric.

Daraz Khan, 25, and Hayat Bibi, 27, were found guilty of adultery by a local cleric in Loralai district, Balochistan, after Ms Bibi’s husband, Janan, discovered the alleged affair. Ms Bibi went into hiding when the affair first became known a week ago, but when she heard that her husband had found Mr Khan, she came forward, locals said.

The couple were killed on Thursday by a mob led by Ms Bibi’s husband and his brothers. Ms Bibi was forced to watch her lover first being stoned to death before the mob turned on her, throwing bricks and rocks at her until she