Pakistan arrests 11 suspects after viral video of couple shot dead in the name of `honour`

July 21, 2025

Quetta: 11 suspects are arrested after a video emerged on social media of a woman and a man being shot and killed for marrying against the wishes of their families, in  honour killing, authorities said.

The couple, who were not identified, were shot dead on the orders of a local tribal council last month in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, according to provincial authorities, who investigated after the video went viral.

SCIW Superintendent of Police (SP) Syed Saboor Agha, “Eleven people have been arrested, including a tribal leader who issued directives to shoot the couple, and all of them will appear before a judicial magistrate today.”