A young woman from Sukkur district has been killed in what local authorities are treating as an honour-related killing, days after she had briefly sought state protection and later returned to her family home following pressure from relatives, police and community figures said.

Gulan Bharo had left her husband’s home and arrived near Rohri railway station, within the jurisdiction of Jungarh police station, where she approached police seeking protection. She was presented before a court and requested to be sent to a Darul Aman (state-run shelter for women in........

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