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Ghalanai,
2 April(AKI/DAWN) - A man and a woman have been stoned to death by militants
inPakistan's north-west border region after an Islamic 'qazi' court found them
guilty of adultery.
A qazi court is an Islamic court, parallel to the Pakistani judicial system.
According to the Pakistani daily, Dawn, this is the first incident of stoning
carried out in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas on the border of
Afghanistan.
In the past, couples found guilty of adultery by militants or tribesmen were
executed by firing squads.
The woman, identified as Shano, had allegedly eloped with Daulat Khan
Malikdeenkhel on 15 March.
Quoting Dr. Asad, a spokesman for the militants, Dawn said that Shano was a
married woman living in Peshawar’s Deen Bahar colony.
He said a complaint had been received from her family that she had been
abducted by Daulat Khan. But later it was reported that she had ran away with
him.
He said that some members of the Taliban captured them when they were returning
from Karachi.
He said the qazi court found the couple guilty of adultery and sentenced them
to death by stoning and the sentence was carried out on Monday in
Khwaezai-Baezai, 40 kilometres west of the Mohmand Agency’s headquarters
Ghalanai.
Dawn said the body of the woman was laid to rest in the same area by local
people. The man’s body was taken to the hospital and handed over to his
relatives.
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