American Woman Shot in Possible Honor Killing

Pakistani police now believe that the killing of an American woman and her husband in Gujrat, Pakistan, earlier this month may have been an honor killing. New Yorker Uzma Naurin, 30, was in Pakistan for a family wedding with her husband, Scottish businessman Saif Rehman, 31, when gunmen accosted and killed them. Sources tell the Daily Mail that while Rehman’s family was happy with the marriage, Naurin’s was not.

Naurin’s father, a New York taxi driver, returned to the US after the killings, and Pakistani police are now considering trying to have him extradited, the BBC reports. According to a friend, the couple was returning from a shopping trip when their driver suddenly stopped their car. Gunmen then pulled them out, shot Rehman on the spot, and made off with Naurin, killing her further down the road. The driver was reportedly employed by Naurin’s Pakistani relatives. (More honor killings stories.)