Tag: honour killing

Drugged her first, then strangled her to death, confesses Qandeel Baloch’s...

Internet sensation Qandeel Baloch’s brother, who was arrested late Saturday night, has confessed to murdering her by first drugging her and then strangling her...

Man’s nose, ears chopped off for ‘honour ’

A man’s nose and ear were chopped off by the relatives of a girl who he eloped with, within the limits of Mochi Wala...

Family kills women for honour in Orangi Town

A woman was killed by her brother-in-law and nephew Monday (today) in the name of ‘honour’ in Karachi’s Orangi Number 4 area. According to Senior...

Zeenat murder case: Accused sent on physical remand

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday handed over accused Anees, allegedly involved in burning to death his sister Zeenat Rafiq, to police on a...

CII declares honour killing ‘un-Islamic and against law of land’

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has declared killing in the name of honour as “un-Islamic” and against the law of the land. In a...

Yet another couple murdered by family in ‘honour killing’

A couple were murdered on Friday for marrying without their family’s consent, according to officials, the second so-called “honour killing” in the country this...

Honour killing is the worst form of brutality; society doesn’t allow...

Human Rights Provincial Minister Khalil Tahir Sindhu has said that honour killing is the worst example of brutality and bestiality, our society doesn’t allow...

Mums comfort scared daughters after Lahore ‘honour killing’

Two young girls stand inches away from charred bricks and ash, staring at the detritus of a “kind and gentle” teenager who taught them...

Woman torches teenage daughter for marrying man of choice

A woman set her daughter to fire for marrying the man of her choice on Wednesday, police said. The 18-year-old girl died on the...

Man pleads guilty to teen sister’s ‘honour killing’

A young man, who stabbed his 16-year-old sister to death in the name of ‘honour’ in Karachi last month, appeared before a local court...

Pakistan’s jirgas in spotlight after brutal ‘honour killing’

Shock across Pakistan at the murder of a 16-year-old girl accused of helping a young couple run away and elope has turned to anger...

Four killed in ‘honour’ killing in Jhelum

Three women and a man were shot dead in the Dhok Lona area of Jhelum in an incident of 'honour' killing on Tuesday morning. The...

Screening of Sharmeen Obaid’s Oscar-winning documentary draws huge crowd

The Last Word bookstore was jam-packed on Friday with people from all walks of life who came to watch the screening of Sharmeen Obaid...

Couple shot dead in Sialkot

Unknown armed men gunned down two, a husband and wife, and fled the scene after committing the crime. Police said that unidentified arms culprits barged...

Dalit student beaten to death in India for marrying girl from...

An Indian student from the lowest Dalit caste was hacked to death and his wife critically injured in southern India in a suspected "honour...

Two killed for honour in Faisalabad

A man stabbed to death two persons, including his sister in-law, in the name of honour and fled the scene on Saturday. According to police,...

‘Statement misinterpreted’: Syed Noor apologises to Sharmeen Obaid

Renowned director Syed Noor stepped back from his allegations and apologised to Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy. The director said he did not level any accusation against...