Hardly a day goes by without a headline featuring a woman being killed in Pakistan. Oft-reported cases include violence committed in the name of ‘honour’. Indeed, many don’t even make it to news reports. According to Human Rights Watch, around 1,000 Pakistani women are annually murdered in the name of ‘honour’. The causes behind these […]
On the 26th of May 2020, two sisters were murdered by their father and brother, in the name of “honour”, after a video of them surfaced on social media, where they were allegedly kissing a man. On the 14th of June 2020, a woman named Bibi Hajira was murdered by her husband and brother-in-law in […]
39SharesPakistan is a land where the women ends up the target of criticism at the end. It does not matter if the question is one of honour killing, harassment, torture or exploitation of her human rights. This is not new. General Zia ul Haq’s infamous Hudood Ordinance was a way to deeply set in place […]