Teenage Couple tortured and murdered by parents

Pakistan, Sept 12: Here gruesome incident has unveiled in Pakistan, while the teenage couple was tortured and murdered with electric shocks by family members who were carrying out the orders of an influential tribal council.

The details revealed that the teenagers from the port city of Karachi were are loved each other and fled from their native places.Their villagers caught them tortured on the orders of tribal council community.

"The innocent souls were tied to a cot and given electric shocks," said Aman Marwat, the police officer who arrested the two fathers and two uncles and is pursuing some 30 members of the jirga who have gone into hiding.

The 15-year-old girl had allegedly run away with her 17-year-old boyfriend last month, Marwat said.

"The girl was killed and buried first followed by the murder of the boy the next day," he added.

The case highlights the influence of tribal councils and social pressures in Pakistan, which are often more powerful than the law.