THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A glamorous young Pakistani pop singer, who was forced to record her songs in Dubai after being threatened by the Taliban, has been shot dead in an apparent honour killing.
Ghazala Javed, 24, was shot six times by gunmen on a motorbike in the north-western city of Peshawar, according to police officers.
They said they believed her ex-husband was responsible rather than the Islamic extremists who had blighted her career with brutally-enforced bans on singing on dancing.
She was killed alongside her father as she left a beauty salon.
“Two men on a motorbike sprayed bullets and fled leaving them in a pool of blood,” said Dilawar Bangash, a senior police officer. » | Rob Crilly, Islamabad | Tuesday, June 19, 2012
THE TIMES OF INDIA: Pashto singer Ghazala Javed and her father shot dead in Pakistan » | PTI | Tuesday, June 19, 2012
