Kohistan girl killed on jirga’s orders after video of dancing with boys goes viral

A young girl was killed allegedly on the orders of a local jirga in Kohistan after a video of her dancing with local boys went viral on social media platforms.

The video purportedly showed two girls, including the victim, dancing with local boys.

The victim’s body had been shifted to a nearby health facility for autopsy, according to Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Masood Khan in Kolai-Palas, some 150km northwest of Mansehra.

A second girl was rescued by the police due to expected threats to her life, but a senior civil judge sent her home with her father after she ruled out any danger to her life.

The boys who appeared in the videos have gone into hiding, fearing reprisals.

DSP Khan said the videos and photos, that were apparently edited, went viral on social media there to four days ago.

An FIR has been lodged against the culprits under Sections 109 (abetment in crime), 302 (punishment of qatl-i-amd or premeditated murder), and 311 (punishment after the waiver of qisas) of the Pakistan Penal Code.