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1st November 2017
05:21pm GMT

The woman, 21-year-old Asiya Bibi, has been arrested and charged with murder, a police official told the BBC.
A man thought to be her lover and his aunt were also arrested.
Police claim she confessed to poisoning the milk intended for her husband in custody.
Local media reports claim that Asiya had been forced to marry her groom, 25-year-old Amjad Akram against her will in September.
She fled their marital home after they wed in an attempt to get back to her family but was forcibly brought back to her husband.
The BBC reports that arranged marriages like this are still common in certain parts of rural Pakistan.
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