Cop with Rs2.5m head money for fiancé's murder arrested
A policeman, who had allegedly shot dead his fiancé, a government primary school teacher, on April 7, was arrested in a police raid at the residence of a lawyer in Kambar-Shahdadkot district on Friday.
The district's SSP Sajid Amir Saddozai told a press conference that Fareed Hasilo has been rounded up in a raid led by Sub Inspector Naek Muhammad Khoso of Hyderabad police.
He was allegedly taking shelter in the house of a lawyer, Afzal Qadir Khoso, who has also been arrested along with his brother, police constable Ahmed Nawaz Khoso. They both have been booked in a separate FIR lodged on the police complaint with charges of providing shelter to a murder accused carrying head money of Rs2.5 million and for obstructing the police duty.
The Sindh High Court had taken notice of the cold-blooded murder of Sadaf Hasilo in Kambar when she was travelling towards Larkana in a van. Fareed allegedly tried to pull her out of the vehicle but she resisted due to which he gunned her down.
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Cop with Rs2.5m head money for fiancé's murder arrested
A policeman, who had allegedly shot dead his fiancé, a government primary school teacher, on April 7, was arrested in a police raid at the residence of a lawyer in Kambar-Shahdadkot district on Friday. The district's SSP Sajid Amir Saddozai told a press conference that Fareed Hasilo has been rounded up in a raid led by Sub Inspector Naek Muhammad Khoso of Hyderabad police. He was allegedly taking shelter in the house of a lawyer, Afzal Qadir Khoso, who has also been arrested along with his brother, police constable Ahmed Nawaz Khoso. They both have been booked in a separate FIR lodged on the police complaint with charges of providing shelter to a murder accused carrying head money of Rs2.5 million and for obstructing the police duty. The Sindh High Court had taken notice of the cold-blooded murder of Sadaf Hasilo in Kambar when she was travelling towards Larkana in a van. Fareed allegedly tried to pull her out of the vehicle but she resisted due to which he gunned her down.
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Honour killing disgrace
Listen to article Preventable killings in the name of honour continue to stain the conscience of Pakistan. Every year, hundreds of women — and occasionally men — are murdered by family members for allegedly bringing shame upon the household. The reasons vary: a choice in marriage, a rumour, a suspicion. But the outcome is always the same — life taken, justice delayed and society complicit. The issue has returned to the throes of justice in a recent Sindh High Court ruling against a man who allegedly killed his wife for honour, where the bench sternly denounced honour killing as a barbaric and religiously indefensible act. Despite repeated condemnations, honour killings remain widespread, particularly in rural pockets of Sindh, Balochistan and southern Punjab. These acts are often cloaked in the language of tradition and falsely attributed to religion — yet neither culture nor faith provides any justification. In fact, all major Islamic schools of thought regard such vigilantism as a grave sin. The SHC's ruling under study rightly referred to the practice as fasad fil arz — mischief on earth. What continues to fuel this impunity is not only outdated mindsets but also weak enforcement, informal out-of-court settlements and legal loopholes. Although amendments have been made to Pakistan's criminal laws, including changes to prevent families from pardoning the killers, implementation remains patchy. Local power structures and political patronage continue to protect perpetrators. The state must do more than pass judgment, and pursue justice with consistency and courage. That means cracking down on jirgas that endorse such killings and ensuring that each case is tried under the full weight of the law. Pakistan cannot hope to call itself a just or modern society while women's lives remain expendable at the altar of misplaced honour. It is time we as a nation declared —without hesitation — that there is no honour in murder. Only shame in silence.
