A girl was stabbed to death by her father and brother for honour here on Tuesday, police said.

According to details, a girl Shaista hailing from Faisalabad tied knot with Shahzad, nephew of husband of her elder sister at her own without desires of her family.

Annoyed over step of the girl, father and brother of Shaista stabbed her to death in Dera Kamwban while she was on her way to a relative home with her husband Shahzad.

The culprits fled the scene after committing the murder.

The body was shifted to hospital for postmortem and the police after registering a case against murderers started raids for their arrest.