A man in Pakistan’s Pujab province allegedly shot his two sisters dead on the day of their wedding, for "honour" – they had chosen their own husbands, police sources revealed.

“It is a simple case of killing for honour”

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"Nasir Hussain killed his two sisters, Ghazala and Kausar for marrying outside their caste and later fled the area," said Station House Office (SHO) Mitro police station Mehar Riaz. “The Rasm-e-Hina function of Kosar and Gulzar, aged between 20 and 25, was underway yesterday evening when their brother Nasir Hussain opened fire on them, killing them on the spot and fled,” he added.

The victims' father Atta Muhammad Bhatti registered a First Information Report (FIR) in Mitro police station against his son Nasir Hussain for killing Ghazala, 22, and Kausar, 20, days before their formal wedding ceremony. “The brother shot dead both the sisters yesterday and fled the site,” the officer said, adding that a search was underway. “It is a simple case of killing for honour.”

The father of the family, Atta Mohammad told reporters that Hussain had “destroyed everything”.

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“He ruined my family, he destroyed us, he destroyed everything” Mohammad said. The attack comes weeks after controversial Pakistani artist Qandeel Baloch was shot dead for 'honour' by her brother, drawing attention to the nation’s history of honour killings. Pakistan loses 1000 lives every year to honour killings, and victims are usually women

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