Tag: honour killings
Man kills two sisters for ‘honour’ in Mardan
MARDAN: A man on Sunday gunned down his two sisters and escaped after committing dual murder.
According to police, the man killed his sisters for...
‘Honour’ killings in Karachi shock largest city in Pakistan
KARACHI: The night Ghani Rehman was condemned to die, his father asked if they could share a last meal together. But Ghani excused himself,...
Couple in Lahore found dead under ‘mysterious circumstances’
LAHORE: A couple married for four months was found dead in their house under mysterious circumstances in Raiwind city on Tuesday.
According to the parents of...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sees spike in honour killings
23 incidents reported since Jan 1
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has seen a sharp rise in honour killings in the ongoing year, in the...
Samia Shahid murder case: Victim’s husband requests court to transfer case...
The husband of alleged honour killing victim British-Pakistani Samia Shahid who was raped and killed in Jhelum has requested the Lahore High Court (LHC)...
Man kills two sisters for ‘honour’
A man killed his two real sisters who were going to get married in a couple of days for ‘honour’ and fled from the...
Immature media coverage of ‘Honour Killing’ cases
In the blame game that follows, is the Media also guilty?
“24/7 news media somewhat restricts us from keeping track of the story after the...
Five young Indians die in suspected ‘honour’ killings
Five young people in northern India are believed to have been murdered by their families or partner's relatives in suspected honour killings, in three...
There is absolutely ‘no honour’ in so-called honour killings: Theresa May
British Prime Minister Theresa May has said there is “absolutely no honour” in killing women and they should be referred as terror acts.
May was...
Women continue to die in name of ‘honour’ yet State doesn’t...
Islamic laws like Qisas and Diyat have privatised murder which is one of the reasons why perpetrators easily get away with honour crimes.