The mystery of the body wrapped in sack found in Kot Lakhpat has been solved. According to the police spokesperson, Ashraf was killed in the name of honor, while the main accused, Naseem Bibi, was arrested along with her accomplices. According to the ASP of Model Town police station, Ashraf used to blackmail Naseem Bibi […]
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Honour for Kot Radha Kishan
The Under-18 Asia Hockey Cup starts in Kakamigahara, Japan, from May 29. Pakistan Under-18 team captain Asam Haider and vice-captain Hassan Akbar both hail from Kot Radha Kishan. This small town, located in the Kasur district, has a population of approximately 150,000. There is only one hockey club, the city club. The first player to […]
Pakistan, Palestine and the Honour of a Nation
There are some questions in international politics on which silence becomes complicity and neutrality becomes cowardice. Palestine is one of them. For Pakistan, Palestine has never been a fashionable slogan, a seasonal outrage or an issue to be remembered only when Gaza burns on television screens. It has been a matter of principle, law, faith, […]
Pamela changes name to honour Finnish roots
The Canadian-American actress-model and activist Pamela Anderson changed her name to “Pamela Hyytiäinen”. She shared her desire to change her name to honour her family’s Finnish roots. The actress told Vogue Scandinavia in the interview to Vogue Scandinavia on December 2, “I want to be Pamela Hyytiäinen. I would like to change my name, but […]
No Honour in Murder
A young man in Okara shot his two sisters in their home. He did not run or hide. He surrendered, gun still warm, confident that Pakistan would treat him less as a criminal and more as a custodian of family “honour.” Just two months earlier, in Balochistan, a young couple was executed for marrying without […]
Sargodha: Youth kills sister ‘for honour’
SARGODHA: A youth killed his sister “for honour”, in the jurisdiction of Bhera police station on Sunday. According to police, the incident took place in Hujka Sharif village where Muhammad Faisal (18) shot dead his sister Tasleem Kausar (25) on suspicion of illicit relations. Police have shifted the body to a nearby hospital for postmortem. […]
Sacred and profane “honour” satiated with two more lives
In another abhorrent manifestation of sexism, a married woman and her alleged paramour were gunned down in Muhammad Sharif Colony of Jacobabad, in the vicinity of Sadar Police Station, after Friday prayer, in the name of “honour”. ASI Ashique Ali Lashari corroborated that a 30-year-old married woman, identified as Naheed Bibi, wife of Jameel Shah, […]
Power and authority growing corrupt in our society
It is indeed disillusioning to note that the institution of power and authority in our society is increasingly characterized by inhumanity, harshness and double standards. People upon attainment of highest ranks and power fail to fulfill their words and promises, and even exercise their authority by snubbing the due expression of the individuals. They indulge […]