Tag: Karo-Kari
Rights Watch | 12 July 2023
Honour Killing: Three Lives Lost in Shikarpur due to Karo-Kari
Three lives were claimed in Shikarpur due to the Karo-Kari honour. In village Jummo...
Protests continue over killing of IBA professor
Family and relatives of the slain Dr. Ajmal Sawand are urging their tribal chiefs and the country’s leadership to end karo-kari and feudalism in Sindh.
Rights Watch | 31 January 2023
IHC Demands Report on Missing 18-Year-Old Woman
The Islamabad High Court asks for police report on missing 18-year-old woman. The case was brought to the...
KARO KARI CASE: Like two flames, extinguished..
Rukhsana Rind and Farooq Brohi had no idea what was in store for them that day.
Rights Watch | 20th May 2021
One Himmat Ali Brohi on Wednesday, shot dead his 18-year-old sister Nisa and their relative Muhammad Ishaq Brohi (alias Meer) under the pretext of karo-kari in Imamuddin Brohi village, Jacobabad. For more news on human rights abuses, keep reading.
Rights Watch | 11th January 2021
Man guns down sister for honour in Sindh's Ghotki district, accusing her of having illicit relations with a boy. For more stories on human rights abuses in Pakistan, watch Rights Watch.
Rights Watch | 11th December 2020
The number of gender-based violence complaints received increased by a startling amount compared to prior years, noted HRCP webinar on COVID-19 impact on GBV data. For more stories on human rights violations, keep reading.
Burnt body in Nawabshah: Man kills sister over incest
November 18th, 2020; By Rasheed Raza; SUKKUR; A man has been arrested for murder of her 13-year-old sister, whose charred body was found in Nawabshah, after confessing that he had killed her in order to conceal his forced sexual relationship.
How Gulshana Shar fell prey to honor killing
Police have registered a case against the main accused, Taj Muhammad, Gulshana’s brother, Juman, husband of Gulshana, and five others, Yousaf, Dur Muhammad, Gul Baig, Maroof Yaqoob, said to be tribesmen who had instigated the killing.
Even Today, Honour Killing Plagues Sindh
By Zulfiqar Kunbhar
As the world struggles with the deadly Coronavirus, in Pakistan, its second most populous province Sindh is also making headlines in local...
