honour killing

No case was registered nor any arrest made till the filing of this report

Samia, a 28-year-old beautician from Bradford, died in July 2016 while on a visit to Pakistan.

Qaiser's father and uncle shot her in the face and threw her in a river for marrying without their consent

Suspected culprits accused victims of having illicit affairs

Suspected culprits accused victims of having illicit affairs

Four more suspects are still at large, says Kohat operations SP

The young girl was shot dead inside her house allegedly by her brother

Victim’s father taken into custody as brother flees after shooting

Victim’s father-in-law said he was worried about safety of his daughter, who is married to the suspect

The victim's father-in-law said he is also worried about the safety of his daughter, who is married to the accused

Nine women have been murdered in the district to 'save' family honour

"A stern and immediate action needs to be taken in this regard to protect women from such atrocities”

Allege that police rarely play an impartial role in investigations

The police suspect the father and uncle to be behind the killing

Abdul Ghafoor Nuristani, a provincial official, accused the police of failing to protect the couple

Victim succumbed to her injuries in hospital after being shot by an unknown person at her home

As many as 20 cases reported since the beginning of the year

The suspect, who is a cousin of the victim, still at large

Woman allegedly fled from her husband and eloped with another man

Husband accuses her parents of honour killing, says they did not approve of their marriage

Case registered against Muhammad Azeem and Anwar Bibi for 'backtracking' statement against elder son

Shafi was burnt alive by two men over a family dispute 10 days ago

The man turned himself in to the authorities claiming to have killed them to defend the family's 'honour'

Perveen was accused of lynching her daughter

The victim’s brother also awarded life imprisonment

He added that several people with disability had invented useful things and led the world

The couple married against consent of the woman’s family nine years ago

Shah's book is a combination of 10 years of field work and six years of scholarly work, including honour killing

Chinoy is now branching out into fiction to help revive Pakistan's long-moribund film industry

Senior journalists rue lack of reporting of such incidents

Qandeel's brother who confessed to strangling his sister was due to be brought to court today

Victim reportedly killed for rejecting marriage proposal

Mushtaq Weesar suspected that his daughter, Gul Bano, had an illicit relationship with his nephew Dur Muhammad

The SP also added that a double murder case has been registered with police

Eliminating violence against women is a priority of the Australian Government and the Australian people

According to reports, Samia, Mukhtar Kazim, forged documents of their marriage in UK

Advocate General K-P submits investigation report stating that the girls are alive

Women in this land of the pure continue to be lynched in the garb of honour

The judicial magistrate sent them to prison on judicial remand till November 10

The violent acts against women in Pakistan are often nothing short of horrific

One of the accused suspects the victim, mother of five, of kidnapping his daughter

Her brother opened fire on her in the Main Shabqadar bazaar on Friday, injuring her critically

SSP Malir Javed Akbar Riaz says couple had run away from their homes a year ago

A tribal 'jirga' – which included the woman's first husband and his relatives – had sentenced the pair to death

Say the victims had refused to move to Afghanistan 

Samia – a British-Pakistani beautician from Bradford – was raped and murdered in the name of honour

Faqeer Muhammad had shot dead his daughter and her alleged lover, Ghulam Abbas

It would be a miracle if the bill makes a difference in presence of mindset that encourages violence against women

The previous law enabled the heir of the victim to forgive the perpetrator

Unlike the past, those who now kill women will not claim ‘honour’ as the main motive for the killing