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In Sukkur, a separate graveyard for the ‘dishonourable’ ones
SUKKUR: For some of the deceased in Sindh, there are no prayers for a peaceful afterlife and no on comes to put flowers on their graves. Those slain for honour are not spared even in death. There is a separate graveyard for those killed under the pretext of karo-kari (honour killing) called ‘karan jo qabrustan’ .. read more
Oct
Youth guns down sister, nephew for ‘honour’
RAWALPINDI – A youth gunned down his sister and nephew over suspicion of illicit relationship between them in the village of Dhera Syedan, within the precincts of Mandra Police Station here on Tuesday. Police apprehended the killer and recovered weapon used in the gory incident of double murder. Those who killed included Farhat Batool, 25, .. read more
Oct
Honour killing: Three killed, one injured
HANGU: In an apparent case of honour killing, three people were gunned down while another person was injured in Badama area of central Kurram Agency on Thursday. An official of the political administration said that a dispute occurred between the families of Sher Ali and Zarmat Khan. Zarmat refused to give his daughter in marriage .. read more
Oct
Brother kills sister ‘for honour’
Rawalpindi: In an episode of honour killing, a young man riddled his sister with bullets at his house in Chak Baili Khan, on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, and fled away, the police spokesman said. The police have taken up the case and shifted the dead body to the District Headquarters Hospital for autopsy. The police .. read more
Jul
‘Honour’ crime: 10th class girl, 11th class boy found killed
MULTAN: A boy and a girl were found killed on Wednesday in Jahanian, a sub district of Khanewal. The two were accused of having eloped on Tuesday night. Police have arrested the girl’s brother, Waqas, and her uncle, Mulazim Hussain, on a complaint by the boy’s brother, Khalid. Some other members of the girl’s family, .. read more
Jul
‘Panchayat raj’ and a woman stoned
The Supreme Court has taken suo-motu notice of another horrendous panchayat crime in Punjab and found that the police were inclined to ignore the criminality of the local so-called council of elders, which was dictated by a local strongman. The case is related to the stoning to death of a woman at Chak 15 in .. read more
Jul
A boy and a girl were killed and buried in Chowk Korona when they were allegedly found together.
PESHAWAR: A boy and a girl were killed and buried in Chowk Korona when they were allegedly found together. DSP Daudzai Sahibzada Sajjad told The Express Tribune that they were informed about the incident and the location where the bodies were buried secretly. Sajjad said that an FIR was registered against the alleged brothers of the .. read more
Jun
‘Honour’ and Women’s Rights – South Asian Perspectives’
‘Patriarchal mindset is to blame for honour killings’ Fighting the scourge of honour killing is a constant political struggle against the patriarchal set-up which we (the people of South Asia) inherited from history, said veteran Indian journalist and human rights activist Jatin Desai on Sunday. He was speaking at the launching ceremony of the .. read more
May
24 honour killings in February
Cases of honour-killings were more widespread in February this year against the preceding month as 24 cases were reported in 16 districts against 19 recorded in 12 districts in January, says a report compiled by Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen). The report, which was released on Friday, said that despite government’s efforts to eradicate .. read more
‘Honour’ killing?: Mysterious death of a teenage girl baffles police, rights activist
The death of a teenage girl by her six-year-old sisterin Bhonja village raised quite a few questions by human rights activists on Tuesday. While the 14-year-old girl’s father claims that she was shot dead by her sister who was cleaning her father’s 12-bore licensed shotgun”by accident,” human rights activists say they are not ready to .. read more
May
