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| Probe into 'honour killing' theory for couple's murder | Probe into 'honour killing' theory for couple's murder |
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| Police in Pakistan are thought to be investigating whether a young couple from Glasgow were the victims of a so-called honour killing. | Police in Pakistan are thought to be investigating whether a young couple from Glasgow were the victims of a so-called honour killing. |
| Saif Rehman, 31, and his wife Uzma Naurin, 30, were shot after their car was ambushed in Gujrat on 1 November. | |
| It is understood Mr Rehman was shot dead by a group of men at the scene and his wife was driven away and killed. | It is understood Mr Rehman was shot dead by a group of men at the scene and his wife was driven away and killed. |
| The Foreign Office cannot become involved as Mr Rehman was a Pakistani national and his wife was a US citizen. | The Foreign Office cannot become involved as Mr Rehman was a Pakistani national and his wife was a US citizen. |
| Mr Rehman had lived in Glasgow for six years and met his wife Uzma at a friend's wedding. | Mr Rehman had lived in Glasgow for six years and met his wife Uzma at a friend's wedding. |
| Car ambushed | Car ambushed |
| They were married in Glasgow in February. | They were married in Glasgow in February. |
| The couple's friend, Saif Ali, from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, was not a witness but said he had been given an account of what happened. | The couple's friend, Saif Ali, from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, was not a witness but said he had been given an account of what happened. |
| He said he had been told they were returning from a shopping trip when they were killed. | He said he had been told they were returning from a shopping trip when they were killed. |
| "They were going back home and basically, all of a sudden, the driver just stopped the car," he said. | "They were going back home and basically, all of a sudden, the driver just stopped the car," he said. |
| "Four people were in a different car which stopped in front of them. | "Four people were in a different car which stopped in front of them. |
| "They pulled Saif and his sister and his wife out of the car and as soon as he was pulled out of the car they shot him without saying anything." | "They pulled Saif and his sister and his wife out of the car and as soon as he was pulled out of the car they shot him without saying anything." |
| Mr Ali said that "no words were exchanged" between Mr Rehman and the people who shot him. | |
| He added: "Five minutes up the road they basically killed her (Uzma Naurin) as well. | He added: "Five minutes up the road they basically killed her (Uzma Naurin) as well. |
| "She wasn't found until quite a bit of time later. | "She wasn't found until quite a bit of time later. |
| "Probably about three or four hours later she was found as they had basically put her in the shrubs somewhere, just on the side of the road." | "Probably about three or four hours later she was found as they had basically put her in the shrubs somewhere, just on the side of the road." |