A total of 578 Pakistanis including 362 women and 216 men were killed across Pakistan in the name of honour between January and December 2006, figures compiled by the Ministry of Interior reveal.
Compiled on the request of the Federal Women Division, the report places the number of honour killings in Pakistan at around 2,500 to 3,000 cases every year.
The report, however, adds that a good number of honour killing cases still go unreported or are passed off as suicides. Not more than 25 per cent honour killing cases are brought to justice, states the report while calling for tougher laws on domestic violence.
Under Pakistani penal code, honour killings are treated as murder. However, the relevant law states that the family of the victim is allowed to compromise with the killer who is usually a close relative in most of the cases. Provisions of Pakistani law also allow the next of kin of the victim to forgive the murderer in exchange for money. And most of the offenders continue to use this clause to escape punishment.
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Look at the bright side... will it be easy for the 3,000 to escape hell?
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LOOOOOOOOSER!!!!
I am still around Vainrooney. Just a technical hitch !
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:-) i dont think so...
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u c i'm not a fool...
ABU's GONE!!! ismail rasheed.... ur a loser :-)
Ismail,
ReplyDeleteYour warning is very serious and I agree. Paki lifestyle has has come to Maldives.
What's wrong with Paki lifestyle?
ReplyDeleteOne thing wrong with Paki lifestyle is they treat women like animals.
ReplyDeleteIt is not prescribed in Islam to wear like pakis!!
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