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Pakistan: Family admits stonning woman to death over adultery Fri. June 22, 2007 08:10 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) After dying mysteriously in early June, relatives of the deceased woman in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), have confessed to stoning her to death on suspicion of adulterous relations, media reported on Friday. According to earlier reports, the woman died mysteriously and was buried quietly by her family. The Dawn newspaper said the father and husband of the woman admitted that they had killed her for her suspected extra-marital affair, when a local court summoned them to decide on the police request for exhuming the body to determine the cause of death. Police arrested the two men after the confession, while the woman's brother who also took part in the stoning is at large. Meanwhile, social circles and representatives of non-governmental organisations in Mardan have condemned the killing. "Human rights organisations should take notice of the killing in the name of honour," Poverty Eradication and Community Empowerment Chairperson Naveed Khan told the newspaper. Sapa-dpa News Category: World Latest Headlines Latest News Somalia: Somali pirates hijack second Stolt ship-of... Libya: 6 killed as gun battles break out in southeas... Nigeria: Militants threaten to renew "oil war" if a... Zimbabwe: Opposition chief Tsvangirai rejects SADC c... Philippine: Troops kill 10 Muslim rebels in the troub... Ivory Coast: Political leaders postpone November 3... Rwanda: Thousands protest against arrest of Rwa... Nicaragua: Thousands riot after Nicaragua local elec... India negotiating a $1.5 -billion arms deal with Isra... Sudan, Chad restore full diplomatic ties, exchange e... More News...