honour killing

More than 500 people are killed in the country over mistaken notions of honour every year

Teenagers were told to have brought dishonour to the community by the jirga.

It is a case of honour killing, say police

SC bench blames prosecution for failure to prove its case

Police book victim’s family in murder case

Deceased’s husband and brother allege she had an affair with a villager

Bodies of the victims were recovered by the police from a field

Police arrest Zulqarnain and register a case against him

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Kulsoom had come to the Multan High Court for a hearing with her husband when her brother opened fire on them

Omission of sections 36, 44 and 56 in FIR allows offender to obtain bail

8,393 such cases were committed in two years

Police claim woman’s father and brother are behind killing

Women development dept moves bills against honour killing, acid attacks in Sindh

Says he was fortunate to have her as his daughter

The social media wipe out encouraged a spiral of silence around her death

Victim tied the knot with man of her own choice which angered her brother

The daughter had married a man without her family's consent

Victim’s uncle shoots her dead after being handed over by local jirga

Naghma, 13, was allegedly shot dead by her uncle on June 27

Suspect has confessed to the murder during initial interrogation, police say

Levies have started a search operation to nab the assailant

Umeed Mallah told the police that he killed 18-year-old Sawera Mallah for honour

Umeed Mallah killed his 18-year-old daughter in Talibul Moula Colony and turned himself in to police

Son says he could not pull the trigger out of parental respect

The 'murderer' opened fire on his sister in law and a man after finding them in an 'objectionable condition'

Man kills his wife, sister in Loralai district over domestic dispute

In a fit of anger, the accused attacked his sister with an axe

Muhammad Mudassir, 27, has been arrested and charged with murder

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Surge in the incidents of of honour killings has claimed many lives

Brother had accused his teenage sister of having illicit relationships with some men

He also shot two of his other friends accompanying him to leave no witnesses

The victims were shot multiple times and died on the spot.

Both the policemen were deployed in Dokri on by-election duty

Vani is an old custom under which women or minor girls are married to men of rival families to resolve blood feuds

Police believe victim was killed allegedly for helping her sister elope.

Nighat Dad witnesses a rise in the volume of calls by women seeking advice after Qandeel Baloch’s murder last year

The newly married woman was killed after she eloped with a man from another caste in Maharashtra state

Suspect’s family claims police took bribe for FIR after sexual assault of victim; lodges complaint against officer

Complains vary in nature – with families refusing to accept love marriages to jilted men and dejected lovers

Hassan’s parents deny accusations, claim his innocence

Police said father turned himself in after committing the crime

Police say the man called them and admitted to have committed the crime, leading to his arrest

Husband had himself set up the salon for his wife

Another grim reminder of the social injustices that blight our country came late last week

The highest number of cases were reported in Sindh

Police say Saba was at her home when her uncle barged inside and after exchanging some hot words opened fire at her

Both their Muslim families had disapproved of the relationship because the teenagers came from the same caste

Four years ago, Qandeel's family moved to Multan from Dera Ghazi Khan