Pakistan, Aug. 8 -- In a shocking confession, the head of a jirga that ordered the killing of a married woman in Rawalpindi's Pirwadhai area has admitted to murdering her himself, police said.

According to a newly registered FIR, the jirga leader, Ismatullah, revealed during interrogation that he personally killed Sidra, following the jirga's decision.

He disclosed that the victim was his cousin and that he entered her husband Usman's house armed with a weapon. By force, he took Sidra from Muzaffarabad to Rawalpindi.

Ismatullah confessed to killing Sidra Arab in accordance with the community's decision and burying her body in a graveyard. He also admitted that Saleh Muhammad, Amani Gul, and others were with him at the time of the murde...