Men kill wives in inhumane domestic violence acts across Pakistan.

SUKKUR/CHAMAN -- Two women were killed at the hands of their husbands in separate incidents of domestic violence across Pakistan, highlighting the inhumane attitude women face, media reported.

In one of the incidents, the husband pressed the face of her wife with iron in Rohri, a city of the Sukkur district in Sindh province.

According to the police, the accused had locked up her wife in his home for the past few days, blaming her for not giving birth to a child after years of marriage.

On the day of the incident, he came up to his wife and pressed her face with an iron, inflicting serious burn wounds.

The woman was shifted to a hospital for medical treatment but succumbed to her burn injuries.

Taking notice of a news item run by media on the incident, SSP Sukkur took notice of it and arrested the culprit.

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