FAISALABAD: In the first six months of 2018, it has been reported that over 175 men and women have been killed in various disputes across Faisalabad district. Moreover, most cases were that of murder in the name of ‘honour’, a local media house reported.
Moreover, according to statistics from 41 police stations in Faisalabad, the report stated that victims were murdered over land and family disputes, communal enmity and everyday brawls. The dead included 66 women and 111 men.
At least 13 women and 12 men were killed in January, 11 women and 15 men in February, eight women and 20 men in March, 11 women and 19 men in April, 17 women and 24 men in May, and six women and 21 men in June.
Most of the women were reportedly killed in the name of ‘honour’ by their brothers, fathers or husbands.
In recent years, honour killing cases have surged to an alarming level in Punjab, especially Faisalabad.
Earlier, the Punjab Assembly passed a new bill against honour killing in order to provide legal protection to women. Under the new law, the killer would only be pardoned by the family if he is sentenced to capital punishment. However, the culprit would still face a mandatory life sentence of 12-and-a-half years.