PESHAWAR: A popular Pakistani singer who fled the Taliban to pursue her music career away from their repressive dictates was shot dead in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said on Tuesday.
**Ghazala Javed, 24, was shot six times by gunmen as she left a beauty salon, although police do not believe the Taliban was responsible for her murder and said her ex-husband was a suspect in the case.
Her father, who was with her, was also killed, police said.
“Two men on a motorbike sprayed bullets and fled leaving them in a pool of blood,” senior police officer Dilawar Bangash told AFP.
She was shot six times and her father once in the head, Bangash said.
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“We have registered a case and launched an investigation. The murder seems to be result of some internal dispute,” he added.
Police official Imtiaz Khan said the ex-husband was suspected of involvement in the murders.
**The singer had fled to Peshawar in 2009 to escape the then Taliban-dominated northwestern district of Swat as the army launched a sweeping offensive.
Ghazala Javed sung in her native Pashto language and released more than two dozen albums that were popular among Pashto speakers in the northwest.
She married businessman Jahangir Khan in 2010, but demanded a divorce after finding out he had another wife and because he tried to ban her from singing, the family said.
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The investigation officer, requesting to remain anonymous, confirmed that “it is not a blind murder, but an outcome of a personal enmity”. He added that it was a “pre-planned and well-coordinated” murder conducted by hired professional killers.
He said Ghazala was in Peshawar to record songs for a new Pushto film and was visiting a beauty parlour for pre-show preparations when they were intercepted by armed men on motorbikes. He said the men had complete information about their movement and had been waiting for them at the saloon. The last song: Ex-husband accused of killing Pashto singer – The Express Tribune
as per police, her ex husband is involved in her murder, what a sick minded guy!
A domestic murder of a Pashto celeb becomes a Taliban matter …??? …
Look how the UK Independent are reporting on this news …
Ghazala Javed: Singer who defied Taliban’s decree is shot dead in north-western Pakistan
A Pakistani singer **who rejected a decree from the Taliban to end her music career **has been shot dead in the north-west of the country. Reports suggest that police believe her husband may be responsible for the attack.Ghazala Javed, 24, was shot six times after leaving a beauty salon in a busy market in the city of Peshawar, by gunmen on the back of a motorbike. Her father was also shot and killed, but her sister escaped unhurt.
Well maybe it is showing her in a strong light ie here is a woman who stood up against bigots but has been shot dead sometime later. Sadly north-west Pakistan has become inter-twined with the T-word thanks to our establishment.
^ that's sad domestic murders take place quite often in Pakistan, but when something like that happens in KP the first thing that comes into our mind is taleban.
