Pakistan wakes up to Human Rights Day with 39 honour killing cases
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2025-02-19 08:37:09
QUETTA: Human rights conditions in Pakistan’s politically isolated province, Balochistan reveal a grim picture. According to the statistics, 39 women were killed in honour killing crimes in Balochistan this year.
In the last three years 149, men and women have been killed in honour-killing crimes in the province, a report points out.
In Balochistan honour-killing comes under a local title of “Siyah kari”, in Sindh it is called “Karo Kari”, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa it is called “Toor Tura” and in Punjab “Kala Kali”.
The deteriorating human rights’ situation is apparently not comprehendible even if correlated with education and wealth, since the report revealed that even “educated families” are sometimes engaged in such crimes.
In October this year, the parliament approved bills aimed at the prevention of honour-killings in the country, eliminating a loophole which previously allowed killers to walk free after being pardoned by victim’s family members.
Earlier this year, a Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch was also allegedly murdered by her brother in one such incident of honour killing. Her killing left many in shock and drew severe criticism of the authorities.
Qandeel’s killing followed another murder of a British-Pakistani wife, Samia Shahid, in Jhelum – again in the name of ‘honour’.
The world marks December 10, as Human Rights Day.
