Ghazala Javed photos A beautiful pop singerwho defied the Taliban's decree against music and dancing was shot dead after she left a beauty salon
Stunning singer who defied Taliban and divorced husband after finding out he had second wife is shot dead as she leaves beauty salon
Ghazala Javed was forced to record tracks in Dubai after ban on music
: Ghazala Javed performed songs in her native Pashto language despite the ban on singing and dancing
A beautiful pop singer who defied the Taliban's decree against music and dancing was shot dead after she left a beauty salon last night.
Pakistani star Ghazala Javed, 24, was shot after a motorcyclist opened fire on a car she was in with her father, who was also killed.
Police said that one of the suspects is her ex-husband, who she reportedly asked for a divorce after finding out he had at least one other wife.
Her demand was a highly unusual one for a deeply conservative and male-dominated society where many consider a woman asking for divorce a dishonour to the husband.
Ms Javed, who was popular with young, progressive ethnic Pashtuns in northwest Pakistan, was reportedly driving home with her father when a motorcycle raced towards their car and opened fire.
She was hit with six bullets and and pronounced dead along with her father at a hospital in Peshawar, according to CNN.
In recent years the rise of the Pakistani Taliban, who disagree with singing and dancing, made it difficult for Ms Javed and other artists to perform and record songs in the country.
Ms Javed had started recording many of her songs and music videos, which she sang in her native Pashto language, in nearby Dubai.
Last year Ms Javed made headlines when she left her husband to live at her father's home after just six months of marriage.
Well-known: Ms Javed's music was popular with young, progressive ethnic Pashtuns in northwest Pakistan
Fraught relationship: Ms Javed's sister has blamed her husband for the attack by a mystery man on a motorbike, who sprayed a car with bullets and killed the singer and her father
Stop the music: The 24-year-old frequently went to Dubai to record her songs and videos because of the dangers from the Pakistani Taliban
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