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A mother-of-three and the man she was allegedly having an affair with were hanged from a tree on Thursday, with police blaming her husband, brother and father for carrying out the killings.
The grisly murders occurred in the village of Chak 56 around 55km from Multan.
Hundreds of so-called 'honour killings', in which the victim, normally a woman, is killed by a male relative or relatives for bringing shame to the family are carried out in Pakistan every year.
"A woman and her alleged paramour were hanged to death by the woman's father, brother and husband after the woman was caught on a date with her paramour in the backyard of her house," Sardar Afzal Dogar, chief of the local police station said.
The victims were named as Khalida Bibi, who was in her late twenties, and Mukhtiar Mohammed, who was around 19.
He said all three suspected murderers were arrested and had confessed to their crimes, adding the woman's husband had brought the alleged affair to the attention of the others.
The incident was confirmed by other local officials at the police station. "They were beaten up before being strung up in the tree and hanged," another official said.
Pakistan's law minister in July announced that bills aimed at tackling 'honour killings' and boosting rape convictions would soon be voted on by parliament, following a slew of high profile cases including the killing of racy social media starlet Qandeel Baloch by her brother.
A young British-Pakistani woman, Samia Shahid, was also murdered in July, with her husband blaming her family for orchestrating the killing.
The perpetrators of honour killings often walk free because they can seek forgiveness for the crime from another family member.
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