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The Sindh Suhai Organisation voiced concern regarding rising incidents of violence against women, including murder and sexual harassment, in the province
The family members did not even make a single attempt to call a medical practitioner for resuscitation of the victim or to even get her declares dead
At the time of Qandeel Baloch's murder, Pakistan law allowed a murder victim's family to pardon a convicted killer
Three women and two men were killed in the name of honour in Jaffarabad, Mastung and Hub areas during the past one day, reported Dawn citing police
The United Arab Emirates announced a major overhaul of the country's Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate and criminalising so-called honour killings
The question is why use the term 'honour killing' in headlines and news reports when both these words are easily translatable
According to police, the victims were each other's cousins and the incident was a case of 'honour killing'
The 19-year-old woman was abducted along with her partner; both were killed on Wednesday
Couples might be allowed to seek police protection from registrar where marriage is to be performed under Special Marriage Act
The girl was also detained and sent to a Bhiwandi remand home, police said
Suresh Arockiasamy was murdered apparently for marrying a girl against the wishes of her family a year ago
In a suspected case of honour-killing, a group of armed men attacked the young couple with sickles
A dalit youth was hacked to death in public view for marrying an upper-caste girl