Parents slit throat of their pregnant daughter 'for honor'

Relatives killed a young mother who was pregnant with her second child after she married against their will in eastern Pakistan, officials said on Friday, the latest in a spate of so-called "honor killings".

Muqaddas Bibi, 22, married Taufiq Ahmed three years ago in defiance of her family, who considered a marriage for love - rather than an arranged marriage - shameful, police investigator Mohammad Arshad said.

Bibi's ties with her family were severed after the marriage, Arshad said, but her mother and brother allegedly approached her at a clinic where she was having a check-up on Thursday and convinced her to come home, saying they accepted her decision.