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| Pakistan police launch murder probe into Samia Shahid death | Pakistan police launch murder probe into Samia Shahid death |
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| Police in Pakistan have launched a murder investigation into the death of a woman whose husband says she was the victim of a so-called honour killing. | Police in Pakistan have launched a murder investigation into the death of a woman whose husband says she was the victim of a so-called honour killing. |
| Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford, died last week in Northern Punjab. | Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford, died last week in Northern Punjab. |
| Police are treating her death as suspicious after receiving information from her husband. | Police are treating her death as suspicious after receiving information from her husband. |
| No arrests have been made but officers are investigating her father and want to speak to her first husband Choudhry Shakeel, who has gone on the run. | |
| Syed Mukhtar Kazam believes his wife, who had gone to Pakistan to visit relatives, was killed because her family disapproved of their marriage. | Syed Mukhtar Kazam believes his wife, who had gone to Pakistan to visit relatives, was killed because her family disapproved of their marriage. |
| He said that before she left, her family had threatened her life. | He said that before she left, her family had threatened her life. |
| Meanwhile, a relative of Ms Shahid's was arrested by West Yorkshire Police on Tuesday over alleged threats against Bradford West MP, Naz Shah. | Meanwhile, a relative of Ms Shahid's was arrested by West Yorkshire Police on Tuesday over alleged threats against Bradford West MP, Naz Shah. |
| The MP had been calling for Ms Shahid's death to be investigated. She has written to the prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, calling for her body to be exhumed. | The MP had been calling for Ms Shahid's death to be investigated. She has written to the prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, calling for her body to be exhumed. |
| She said: "I'm not going to rest until I'm satisfied I know the cause of her death - we need to investigate it fully." | She said: "I'm not going to rest until I'm satisfied I know the cause of her death - we need to investigate it fully." |
| A 32-year-old woman remains in custody. | A 32-year-old woman remains in custody. |