Engineering student killed in Charsadda for 'talking to female cousin'.

PESHAWAR -- In an unfortunate occurrence, an engineering student in Charsadda was killed on Saturday allegedly for 'speaking with his female cousin.'

Owais, a resident of the Mandani village of the district, was shot at and killed for spending time with his cousin and studying with her. His body was found in the fields of his village.

The youth was a student at Islamia College, Peshawar, and was killed when he was visiting his native village due to his college closing due to the COVID-19 outbreak. He was reportedly killed by his brother in law who didn't like Owais' relation with his niece.

The 17-year-old had always aspired to be an engineer and managed to secure a seat at the engineering department of the college after attaining 1,040 out of 1,100 marks in...