Tag: honour killing

26-year-old Italian-Pakistani woman was strangled to death: forensic report

GUJRAT: A 26-year-old Italian-Pakistani woman, Sana Cheema, was reportedly killed in an alleged ‘honour killing’ case and was strangled to death. According to the Punjab...

Man kills sister over ‘honour’ in Sara-i-Alamgir: report

GUJRAT:  A man killed his 22-year-old sister over "honour" in Phagal village in Bulani police precincts, Sara-i-Alamgir tehsil, some 60-kilometres away from Gujrat, reported a...

Mother, three daughters tied to chairs and murdered in Haripur

HARIPUR: Four women including a mother and her three daughters were murdered in Qutba area of the district on Sunday. According to the police, Rafaqat...

Woman among two killed for ‘honour’ in Charsadda

CHARSADDA: A man shot dead two people, including a woman, for ‘honour’ and fled the scene here on Tuesday. Police said that the incident took place...

Man kills sister for ‘honour’ in Punjab

ALI PUR: The number of incidents of 'honour killing' is rapidly increasing in Punjab as another girl became a victim of such incident. According to details, a girl...

Italian-Pakistani ‘killed for honour’ in Gujrat

-- Permission to disinter, examine the body of 26-year-old sought by police   An Italian-Pakistani woman was allegedly killed in the name of honour by her father,...

Man kills wife in alleged honour killing incident

MIRPUR MATHELO: A woman was killed by her husband in an alleged honour killing incident near Mirpur Mathelo on Monday. According to the details, accused Bisharat...

Man’s nose chopped off for ‘honour’ in Rajanpur

RAJANPUR: A suspect chopped off the nose of a man for ‘honour’ and fled the scene here on Sunday. Police said that the incident took place in...

Brother shoots pregnant woman over ‘honour’ in Khairpur

KHAIRPUR: A brother killed his eight months pregnant sister for contracting a marriage of her own will in Sindh's Khairpur district on Friday evening, police...

Mother of four shot dead in ‘honour killing’ incident

SHIKARPUR: A mother of four was shot dead on Thursday in an incident of ‘honour killing’ in Panhwar village near Shikarpur, the local police...

1643 cases of violence against women recorded in Sindh: report

KARACHI: A total of 1643 cases of different types of violent acts, from honour killing to custody of children and maintenance, were filed by...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy tackles patriarchy in Pakistan

For Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, anger is the most useful emotion. Anger was what motivated her to write for newspapers as a teen-ager and to make...

Mother of one killed in ‘honour killing’ incident

FAISALABAD: A mother of one child was killed after firing on Wednesday during the deceased’s cousin’s wedding ceremony which is said to be the...

Man kills mother of eight over ‘honour’ in Badin

BADIN: A man surrendered himself to police in Badin after killing his wife by repeatedly hitting her with an axe over ‘honour’, media reports...

‘Robbery-murder’ in Sahiwal turns out to be an ‘honour killing’ case:...

SAHIWAL:  The murder of a girl during an alleged robbery at Murad Ka Kathia Village on March 7 is now being considered an 'honour killing'...

Woman killed over ‘honour’ in Shikarpur district

SHIKARPUR: A 36-year-old woman was allegedly killed in the name of ‘honour’ by her husband in Shikarpur district on Wednesday. According to the police, the mother...

Youth kills step-mother, alleged paramour for ‘honour’ in Larkana

LARKANA: A youth shot dead his step-mother and her alleged paramour for "honour" and surrendered to police here on Sunday. SHO Ratodera Qalandar Bux Soomro...