London, Aug. 29 (ANI): UK Prime Minister David Cameron has piled pressure on Pakistan to catch the killers of a British family who were shot down following the breakdown of an arranged marriage.
Tania Yousaf, 22, and her parents Mohammed, 51, and Parviaz, 49, from Nelson, Lancashire, were killed by three armed gunmen in Pakistan in 2010, reports the Daily Mail.
The murders took place in the Gujrat district of northeast Pakistan where the Yousaf family had travelled for a wedding of another one of their sons, Asad, then 23, to his fiance, Roma. They were killed because of a bitter dispute over the pending divorce of another son, police said.
However, nobody has ever been brought to justice since two of the suspected killers were arrested - with their mother - but went on the run when they were granted bail.
Police believe the slayings were retribution for the breakdown of a 10-year arranged marriage between one of Mr and Mrs Yousaf's three sons, Kamar, and his cousin Nabeela.
Nabeela's mother, Rahmat Bibi, and two brothers, Shiraz and Naveed Arif, were arrested in connection with the crime.
Cameron has demanded answers from the Pakistani government after two years without any further developments.
"I cannot begin to imagine how difficult this must be for the families of those involved. I fully appreciate that the families will want to see the people responsible for these crimes brought to justice. This is the least that they deserve and I can understand their frustrations with the slow pace of the investigations," Cameron said.
Pendle councillor Eileen Ansar, a relative of the Yousafs and friend of Fukraz Begum's family, said: "I think it is great that the Prime Minister has personally intervened in these cases and that they have gone to the very top of government. Hopefully this bring justice a step closer for the families and will ensure that British citizens who a victims of crime in Pakistan get simpler and speedier justice in the future." (ANI)
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