Thirteen suspects have been arrested in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province after a video emerged of a woman and a man being shot dead for marrying against the wishes of their families[…]
The provincial chief minister, Sarfraz Bugti, announced the arrests hours after saying the location and people in the video had been identified

In the video a group of people are seen arriving in a deserted area on the outskirts of Quetta, the provincial capital in an SUV and pickup trucks. The couple are taken out of one the vehicles, and the woman is given a copy of the Qur’an

She tells a man in the regional Brahavi language: “Come, walk seven steps with me, after that you can shoot me.” He follows her for few steps and she then says: “You are allowed only to shoot me. Nothing more than that.”

It is not clear what she means by “nothing more than that”[…]
A series of gunshots follows and the footage then shows a bloodied man lying on the ground close to the woman’s body. Men are shown shooting at both of the bodies

Local police identified the bride and groom as Bano Bibi and Ahsan Ullah and released some of the suspects’ names, saying the provincial government had initiated the investigation as none of the couple’s family members had come forward

A tribal elder, Sardar Satakzai, had ordered the couple killed after the bride’s brother complained she had married without his consent, said the police chief, Naveed Akhtar. Both were among the 13 people arrested in a series of raids and authorities were looking for nine more suspects[…]
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said there were at least 405 “honour” killings in 2024, criticising the authorities for failing to stamp out the crimes. Activists say the real number will be much higher because many families don’t report cases[…]
In some cases tribal chiefs, many of whom are also local legislators, have defended the killings, and chiefs accused of killings and abduction have not been punished