Pakistan police launch murder probe into Samia Shahid death

Police in Pakistan have launched a murder investigation into the death of a woman whose husband says she was the victim of a so-called honour killing.

Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford, died last week in Northern Punjab.

Police are treating her death as suspicious after receiving information from her husband.

No arrests have been made but officers are investigating her father and want to speak to first husband Choudhry Shakeel, who has gone on the run.

Syed Mukhtar Kazam believes his wife, who had gone to Pakistan to visit relatives, was killed because her family disapproved of their marriage.He said that before she left, her family had threatened her life.

Meanwhile, a relative of Ms Shahid's was arrested by West Yorkshire Police on Tuesday over alleged threats against Bradford West MP, Naz Shah.

The MP had been calling for Ms Shahid's death to be investigated. She has written to the prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, calling for her body to be exhumed.

She said: "I'm not going to rest until I'm satisfied I know the cause of her death - we need to investigate it fully."

A 32-year-old woman remains in custody.