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‘Societal problem’: Pakistan’s Sindh records 43 percent increase in honor killing cases

  • Honor killings, in which family members kill women or men for actions perceived as bringing shame, have long plagued Pakistan
  • Activist calls such killings a ‘stigma on society,’ says those who commit the offense are often rewarded in ‘feudal and tribal areas’
By NAIMAT KHAN ·

Viral ‘honor’ killing in southwest Pakistan triggers national outrage

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Police arrest two for allegedly poisoning Pakistani TikToker Sumeera Rajput to death

By Ismail Dilawar ·
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Pakistan police say woman shot seven, man nine times in ‘honor killing’ incident

By SAADULLAH AKHTER ·

Pakistan PM condemns Balochistan ‘honor killing,’ calls for bringing perpetrators to justice 

By KASHIF IMRAN ·

Pakistan arrests 11 suspects after viral video of couple shot dead in the name of ‘honor’

By Reuters ·

Pakistani man accused of killing US-born daughter over TikTok videos appears in court

By AP ·

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