Ghazala Javed: Singer who defied Taliban's decree is shot dead in north-western Pakistan
gazala javeed A Pakistani singer who rejected a decree from the Taliban to end her music career has been shot dead in the north-west of the country. Reports suggest that police believe her husband may be responsible for the attack. Ghazala Javed, 24, was shot six times after leaving a beauty salon in a busy market in the city of Peshawar, by gunmen on the back of a motorbike. Her father was also shot and killed, but her sister escaped unhurt. "Two men on a motorbike sprayed bullets and fled leaving them in a pool of blood," a senior police officer, Dilawar Bangash, told Agence France-Presse. "We have launched an investigation. The murder seems to be the result of some internal dispute." Ms Javed, who sang in her native Pashto language, had fled to Peshawar in 2009 after the Taliban seized control of the Swat valley and the Pakistani military launched an offensive to regain control. But the group's strict edicts against music and dance p
