Bizarre: Female Pak Journalist Shot Dead by Husband for not Quitting Job

A 27-year-old female Pakistani journalist was killed here on Monday allegedly by her husband, also a scribe, for not quitting her job.

The couple got married 7 months ago but then the relations turned sour soon, according to an First Information Report (FIR).

Urooj Iqbal was associated with a Urdu daily & was entering her office situated in Qila Gujjar Singh in central Lahore when her husband Dilawar Ali shot her in the head, leaving her dead, Dost Mohammad, a senior police officer said.

Though Urooj was taken to hospital, it was too late.

“We have registered an First Information Report (FIR) against the victim’s husband working in another Urdu daily, on the complaint of Urooj’s brother Yasir Iqbal,” Muhammad said.

In the First Information Report (FIR), Iqbal said her sister had a love marriage with Ali 7 months ago but soon after their relation turned sour over various domestic issues, including Ali’s repeated demand of quitting her job.

He said that Ali used to torture Urooj over the issue & recently had got a complaint lodged against Ali. However, no action was taken by the police, he said.

Urooj, a crime reporter, was living in a room adjacent to the newspaper office in the same building after her relation with her husband deteriorated. Police said it has obtained the CCTV footage & had sent it for forensic analysis.

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