Pakistani girl killed 'over loud music'

A teenage Pakistani girl has been shot dead by her uncle following a row over loud music, police say.

Rehana Bibi, thought to be 17 years old, was shot on Saturday in the Kallar Kahar valley in Punjab province's Chakwal district, around 120km from the capital Islamabad.

Sadat Ali, an official on duty at Kallar Kahar police station, said Bibi was alone at her home listening to music.

Her uncle, Muhammad Gulistan, went to the house and demanded that she turn down the volume. When she didn't, they argued and he shot her dead.

Another police official, Ali Akbar, said they were attempting to arrest the killer.

Police said they were not aware of any family feud leading up to the attack.

In Pakistan's highly patriarchal and often violent society, women are frequently killed over minor issues or so-called matters of "honour".

The Aurat Foundation, a campaign group that works to improve women's lives in Pakistan, says more than 3000 have been killed for "honour" since 2008.