Thanks to the regressive tyranny of male chauvinism, life for women appears at a standstill in Kohistan. More than a decade after five women were hounded by a jirga for their unforgivable crime of being a part of a video, yet another group of elders signed the death warrant of a young girl because a video of her dancing with boys had gone viral on social media platforms. There might be more horrors in the offing because police protection for the second girl was nullified by a civil judge who ordered her to go home with her father. Although an FIR has been registered against all those who partook in the horrifying game, their arrests would neither serve justice nor bring closure to the poor girl, whose life was snatched away by a toxic moral brigade. Instances like these should serve as a cruel wake-up call for any state, especially one that has acted as a silent bystander to decades of gender subjugation. These FIRs should be followed through and the accused made to pay for their grisly crimes. Only by walking down a path different than before, where only the whistleblower tasted the wrath of the giants he had dared to put his finger on, can the administration truly prove to the women of this country that they, too, matter. However, just as worrisome remains the swirling chatter about the violation of privacy of the said victim when her pictures were leaked online. Honour killings cannot be condoned. No qualms about that. But whether we like it or not, we would also have to talk about how terrifying a newly-found digital revolution can be on a community not ready to give fundamental rights to its women. We would have to come up with a basic line of protocol that ensures internet literacy and protection of one’s privacy on social media, especially in these regions that have yet to absorb the new world. However, the need to develop sensible, more aware and prudent internet usage can be deliberated upon once the dust settles. For now, the focus should remain on comprehensive reforms that finally succeed in bolting the doors shut on parallel justice systems long outlawed by the Supreme Court. *