honour killing

"Waseem thought he would be imprisoned for just “two to three months and then after he will be free," says Mai

True or not, the story is haunting: even back then, a man’s honour was directly related to a woman’s body

The senator was the author and mover of both the anti-honour killing and anti-rape bills

The anti-honour-killing bill hasn’t only made waves in Pakistan but its passage has also struck a chord overseas

Vows to support Pakistan’s efforts to end the horrific practice

Both women were killed by their husbands

Parliament has finally passed the much-awaited anti-honour killing and rape bills

The National Assembly passed two bills to curb the crimes of rape and honour killing

Under the new law, rape of minors, as well as the mentally and physically ill, will become punishable by death

Police say Usman killed Anam because he doubted her character; has since fled the country

A case has been registered against the accused

The police have taken into custody the suspects who allegedly committed the murder

Data shows relatives behind most murders of women

The suspects are the 35-year-old woman’s father, brother and husband

Punjab Police arrests father, husband and brother of Khalida Bibi for her murder

Another resolution urged the government to ensure better facilities at public hospitals

It is increasingly clear that for Pakistani parliament, women rights issues rank low down on its list of priorities

Claim British-Pakistani woman never divorced first husband — prime suspect in murder

Couple were trying to elope when they were caught by the woman's family

The charge sheet will be ready by end of the month; forensic evidence to make basis of final report, police say

I am not ashamed of what I have done, says accused

Police say Rahim Dad slit his wife’s throat over the suspicion that his wife had illicit relations with another man

One wonders whether we need the help of the British media to get them to reach their logical conclusion

A post-mortem examination has since confirmed the woman died of asphyxiation as a result of strangulation

Murder is already a crime. Honour killings are no exception

Time stands still in the graveyard in my ancestral village; it forces you to look back and reflect

Pakistanis living in Britain have not broken out of the shackles of medieval practices

Megyn Kelly says Roger Ailes made unwanted sexual advances towards her

Samia Shahid was murdered during a visit to her family home in Jhelum on July 20

Sources say investigators wasted time by focusing on her marital status and evidence from crime scene was contaminated

Cops biased in favour of accused because of similar views on ‘honour’: speakers

Huge gulf still remains in actual figures and cases that get reported, registered 

Family of girl threatened to kill Irfanullah for dishonouring the family

Honour may be an abstract concept, yet it carries with it a lot of responsibility in South Asian cultures

Chaudhry Shahid had earlier told investigators his daughter died of natural causes

Atizaz suggests making state a party in cases of honour killings

The couple had allegedly married around three months ago without the consent of Jat's parents

The women were shot dead as they prepared to marry men they had chosen themselves, says police official

Saba Gul, Muhammad Ismail were allegedly murdered by woman’s family.

Shahid's father has denied the charges, claiming his daughter died of natural causes

Report finds there is a horizontal mark on right hand side of Samia Shahid's neck of reddish discolouration

Over ‘honour’: Teenage girl strangled in Mansehra 

Samia Shahid, a beautician from Bradford died last week in the village of Pandori, northern Punjab

Suspect, who has been arrested, initially tried to make the killing appear as suicide

Samia Shahid’s husband claims she was killed by her family for ‘honour’

Even many of our ‘liberals’, while expounding their denunciation of a bare-faced murder, feel compelled to qualify it

The accused was not arrested even after an FIR was registered against him

The couple, both British-Pakistani dual citizens, had been married for two years and were living in Dubai

Formal announcement will be made by CII once the draft on the Honour Killing Bill 2016 is tabled in parliament

Police say special team had been formed to arrest culprits