SEARCH THE WEB Get News by Email Print This Article Email This Article Son shoots mum in 'honour killing' [do you own your mother do you? the same way you own a dog or a cow or a pig? 01] From correspondents in Islamabad July 28, 2002 A 35-YEAR-OLD Pakistani widow was shot dead by her son carrying out an "honour killing" to end her affair with a man from her village, the official APP news agency reported today. Widow Mehr Bibi had developed "illicit relations" with a man identified as Ramzan at a village near the city of Lahore, 250km south-east of here, APP said. "On Saturday night, when her son, Muhammad Razaaq, found his mother absent from home, he along with two other persons went to the house of Ramzan where they found Mehr Bibi and Ramzan in (an) objectionable position... they opened fire on them," APP said. The news agency said the victim's relatives had warned her to "mend her ways" and stay away from her lover but "she did not care". The so-called 'honour' killings are widespread in Pakistan and accounted for the deaths of 40 women in Punjab province in the first half this year, according to human rights activists. The term refers to punishment killings for women who 'dishonour' their families. Agence France-Presse Back Get News by Email Print This Article Email This Article OTHER THE OTHER SIDE HEADLINES Son shoots mum in 'honour killing' Church loses fortune in shares Judge jailed for pimping 115 yo man commits suicide Priests caught soliciting sex Girl kept in room for two years Seal saves dog in wild river Stillborn baby in jail laundry Gay couple raise quadruplets Fat man sues food chains Kids' coach kicks own goal Taxpayers fund brothel 'Dinasaur water' keeps town afloat Gran scoots around Oz Kids 'engaged in sexual activity' Mouse fright halts flight Boy, 3, in ecstasy scare Centipede dubbed 'killing machine' Rogue asteroid warning