Man slit throats of daughters to save family’s ‘honour’

NAZIR Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family’s “honour” - a crime that shocked Pakistan.

Man slit throats of daughters to save family’s ‘honour’

The 40-year old labourer, speaking to The Associated Press in police detention, confessed to just one regret - that he didn’t murder the stepsister’s alleged lover too.

Hundreds of girls and women are murdered by male relatives each year in this conservative Islamic nation, and rights groups said such “honour killings” will only stop when authorities get serious about punishing perpetrators.

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