Woman kills husband after setting him on fire in Punjab.

PAKPATTAN -- A woman on Friday killed her husband after setting him on fire along with his friend in Pakpattan district of the Punjab province, media reported.

According to police, the woman initially served an intoxicant to her husband and his friend, making them unconscious.

'She then along with a male accomplice set both of them on fire,' they said adding that the husband died in the horrific act while another man sustained severe burn wounds and is currently admitted to a hospital.

The police said that they had registered a case against the accused and launched a search operation to arrest them.

In a somewhat similar case on September 14, a woman was arrested from Manghopir area of Karachi for allegedly killing her husband over divorce threats.

'My husband used to give me divorce threats and was involved in selling drugs,' said Bakht Begum, who is a mother of three...

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