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Honor killing
Honor killing
Honor killing is the act of killing someone by the name of honor killing and it is the most often the murder of women or little aged girls by their family members and the killers justify their actions by claiming that the girls or women have brought dishonor or shame upon the family name.
Moreover, honor killing is usually practiced in Pakistan. According to the human rights organization, around 1000 women are killed each year by the name of honor. There were also many cases that were not reported. Likewise, a 16 years old girl was killed by her father in August 2020, 24 years old woman from Jamshoro was killed by her husband and brother-in-law in June 2020, and in Waziristan, two sisters were killed by their relatives in May 2020.
The reasons behind honor killing are love marriage, inter cast marriage, homosexuality, divorce, disobeying elders, arguing with elders choice of clothes, roaming with people staying away from home till late, and many more reasons because of which women are being the victim of honor killing.
I would like to suggest that the government should be responsible for the issue and take action on the issue.