(Karachi) A young couple met, fell in love and decided to
marry without informing their families. They in turn turned to the Pashtun council of
elders, or Jirga for advice. Unfortunately for the teenagers the council
claimed that they had brought dishonour on the community and issued a death
sentence on them. So as this is Pakistan, both families acting in unison,
captured the couple, and after tying them to a bed, electrocuted them to death
(The girl first, followed by the boy the next day) then the couple were buried
in a hidden grave, until somebody reported it to the police.
The bodies are set to be exhumed and the police have arrested the two fathers and two uncles (who have admitted to the crime) and are now pursuing some 30 members of the jirga who funny enough have gone into hiding.
