The BBC reports:

A gay couple have become the first to get “married” in Pakistan, according to reports from the region.

On hearing of the wedding, a tribal council told the pair to leave the area or be killed for breaking religious and tribal “values and ethics”.

Although it remains a taboo subject, homosexuality is relatively common in Pakistan, says the BBC’s correspondent Aamer Ahmed Khan in Islamabad.

Increasingly, gay couples are living together in some of the big cities such as Karachi and Islamabad, but gay marriages remain unheard of, he says.

And here’s the punch-line:

A gay couple caught having sex were lashed publicly in the Khyber region in May.

(Non-UK readers should consult their book of London Rhyming slang in order to get the joke…)