Slaughters Of The East: honor killing in Pakistan (Part-03 of 03)on March 18, 2020In view of all details as mentioned in previous parts, law makers unanimously adopted the Anti- honor killing bill in a joint session of parliament. The bill mandates life terms for those who kill for “honor”. If a person kills someone in the name of honor, he or she will get the mandatory 25 years […]
Slaughters Of The East: honor killing in Pakistan (Part-02 of 03)on March 15, 2020Violence against women is closely linked to the regulations of gender activities. This is sensitive and very important issue. In many societies the ideal of masculinity is under pinned by a notion of ‘honor’ of an individual man, or a family or community and fundamentally connected to policing female behavior. Honor is generally seen as […]
Slaughters Of The East: honor killing in Pakistan (Part-01 of 03)on March 15, 2020Honor crimes are a term used widely to refer to the killing or harm induced on persons, usually women, for the protection of the perpetrator’s honor. A simplistic definition of honor killings is, ‘an act of violence, usually murder, committed by male family members against female family members, who are held to have brought dishonor […]