Honour Killing in Pakistan
Pakistani NGO describes rise in honour killing cases as 'alarming'
Islamabad: Non-governmental organization Sindh Suhai Sath has said Pakistan is witnessing an alarming rise in honour killing cases as 176 people became victims of the deadly custom last year.
A man accused of having an extramarital relation is declared ‘Karo’ and his woman counterpart ‘Kari’ by their community under this custom and both are liable to be killed by their blood relatives, reports Dawn News.
Dr Ayesha Hassan Dharejo and Advocate Farzana Khoso, the chairperson and co-chairperson, respectively, of the organisation, told a press conference here on Thursday as quoted by Dawn News that 93 people were killed in such incidents in Kandhkot-Kashmore, Jacobabad, Shikarpur and Ghotki districts alone.
According to the statistics compiled by the organisation, 27 people (23 women and four men) were killed in Kandhkot- Kashmore district, 26 people (14 women and 12 men) in Jacobabad district, 23 people (18 women and five men) in Shikarpur district and 17 people (14 women and three men) were killed in Ghotki district in 2021, the newspaper reported.
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