Horrifying moment woman is executed 'by her brother' over her choice of husband before the groom is also shot dead in double honour killing that has shocked Pakistan
The horrifying moment was captured on video and posted online, triggering national outrage.
The sickening footage, which quickly went viral across social media over the weekend, shows the man and woman gunned down at close range as onlookers watch in chilling silence.
Police have since arrested 11 suspects over the so-called 'honour killing', which took place in the remote, mountainous Deghari district of Balochistan.
In the clip, verified by local authorities and seen by Mail Online, several men arrive in pickup trucks before confronting the newlyweds.
The young bride, speaking in the local language, insists she is legally married.
She says: 'Come, walk seven steps with me, and then you can only shoot me,' moments before she is shot three times at point-blank range.
Her husband is then executed similarly, with a second man stepping forward and emptying his gun into the already lifeless groom.
The video ends with the couple's bloodied bodies lying on the rocky ground.
Police identified the victims as Bano Bibi and Ahsan Ullah. Authorities confirmed that no family members had come forward to report the murders, a silence that speaks volumes in a country where honour killings remain disturbingly common.
According to Al Jazeera and local police chief Naveed Akhtar, a tribal elder named Sardar Satakzai ordered the executions after the bride's brother's complaint.
Both men are among the 11 arrested during a series of raids. Nine other suspects are still being hunted.
The footage is believed to have been filmed by an unidentified individual who then posted it online.
Farhatullah Babar, a prominent Pakistani human rights activist, praised the young woman's final moments, saying: 'The bravery shown by the slain woman is both humbling and remarkable, as she neither begged for her life nor showed any weakness.'
He called for those involved in the 'brutal murder of the newlywed couple' to face the harshest punishment possible.
The shocking case has once again drawn attention to Pakistan's grim record on honour killings.
Despite national laws banning the practice, hundreds of women are still murdered every year for defying family or tribal expectations, often with little to no consequence.
In January, police arrested a Pakistani father suspected of murdering his 15-year-old daughter, a US citizen, for refusing to stop posting on TikTok.
Activists are now calling for urgent action to stamp out such killings, as the country reels from another senseless, medieval act of violence.
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