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Women in Pakistan suffer unabated killings for 'family honour'
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): In the name of honour killing, murder committed on the pretext of family honour, women in Pakistan continue to suffer in the hands of perpetrators legitimising their actions through a misplaced sense of justice, reported local media.
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Pakistan's condition appalling with regards to empowering women: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 9 (ANI): Pakistan's hierarchical and patriarchal society has a long way to go with regards to women's empowerment and addressing crimes against women, a media report said on Tuesday.
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Pak court acquits Qandeel Baloch's brother who confessed to killing social
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], February 16 (ANI): Pakistan appeals court on Tuesday acquitted Qandeel Baloch's brother, Waseem Baloch, who confessed to killing social media star.
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Honour killing cases surge in Pakistan as Balochistan reports five killing
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Dera Murad Jamali [Pakistan], February 13 (ANI): The cases of honour killing are on a surge in Pakistan as five people were killed for honour in Balochistan province on Saturday, reported local media.
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Pakistan witnesses alarming rise in honour killing cases: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 5 (ANI): Pakistan is witnessing an alarming rise in the number of honour killings as it claims 176 lives last year, mostly including women, local media reported citing the Sindh Suhai Sath, a non-governmental organisation.
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Woman shot dead over honour in Pakistan's Peshawar
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], December 8 (ANI): The so-called honour killings in Pakistan continue to plague the nation with the latest being an incident where a woman was shot dead outside the judicial complex in Peshawar.
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Woman beheaded for marrying without family's consent; brother, mother take
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], December 6 (ANI): 19-year-old woman on Sunday was beheaded allegedly by her brother for getting married to a man without the consent of her family, at her marital home in Maharashtra's Aurangabad, the police informed.
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Couple killed for 'honour' in Pakistan's KP province
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Charsadda [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): So-called 'honour' killings in Pakistan continue to plague the nation, the latest victim of the crime is a couple killed in the Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Honour Killing Case: SC cancels bail of man co-accused of killing his brot
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the bail granted to the accused in an honour killing case where the husband was allegedly shot dead in front of his pregnant wife.
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Human rights situation remains alarming in Pakistan says report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights scenario remains alarming with issues like marginalisation of communities and groups and increasing instances of honour killing as well as the poor state of religious minorities among others continue unabated in 2020, according to
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Honour killings continue in Pakistan as man brutally killed after asking f
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): So-called honour killings in Pakistan continue to plague the nation, the latest victim being a man in Gujranwala, who was killed for expressing a desire to marry a woman and asking her family for her hand.
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Couple who eloped and married two years ago shot in Delhi's Dwarka
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): A young couple who eloped and got married two years ago was shot multiple times at their home in Amberhai village in southwest Delhi, police said on Friday.
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