Briton's ex-husband 'confesses to killing her in Pakistan'
THE former husband of a British woman who died in Pakistan has confessed to her killing, according to reports.
Samia Shahid died last month while visiting relatives in northern Punjab
The BBC said police sources had confirmed that Choudhry Shakeel has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Samia Shahid, 28, and has admitted he strangled her with a scarf.
Mrs Shahid, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, died last month while visiting relatives in northern Punjab.
Her family initially said she died from natural causes but her second husband - Syed Mukhtar Kazam - believes that she was killed because of her marriage to him.
Samia with second husband Syed Mukhtar Kazam
The News newspaper in Pakistan said earlier this month that a forensic report confirmed that she was murdered.
It said the report "stated clearly that her death had been caused due to suffocation, as she was stopped from breathing".
The report followed claims from Mr Kazam that a 7.5in bruise was found on his wife's neck.
Mr Kazam said he had seen a copy of a post-mortem report.
Samia's second husband Syed Mukhtar Kazam at a press conference
He married Samia Shahid in Leeds in September 2014 after she left her first husband, who was a cousin from Pakistan.
Mr Kazam said that his wife moved to live with him in Dubai last year but had made trips to the UK to talk to her parents about the relationship.
He said she went to Pakistan on July 14 as a member of her family was ill.
There were claims from Mr Kazam that a 7.5in bruise was found on his wife's neck
Mr Kazam said his wife had been healthy and he did not believe her family's initial claims that she died naturally.
The BBC said Mrs Shahid's father Mohammad, is now being held as an accessory to murder.
Both men appeared in court in Pakistan on Saturday.