Honour Killings

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GB Awami Action Committee leader, woman killed ‘in name of honour’

The Vice Chairman of GB Awami Action Committee, Javed Iqbal, commonly known as Javed Naji, and a married woman were shot dead in the name of honour on Thursday in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Tangir area, the home constituency of Chief Minister Gulbar Khan.

This was the second such honour killing incident in the Tangir district within a week

According to FIR registered with Jaglot Police Station, Javed Iqbal, his wife and children were washing clothes on a river near their home when two men, Afsar Khan and Dar Khan, reached there and allegedly shot Javed Iqbal dead.

The two accused, after killing Javed Iqbal, also killed a married woman in the name of honour.

In the same area on July 21, a man Bareem from Frori village, allegedly shot dead his wife, the mother of four children, and another man in the name of honour.

The incident sparked protest over social media by rights and civil society activists.

Local community leaders and activists of political parties also condemned these killings and called for immediate, transparent investigation into these incidents. They also demanded effective measures to prevent further honour-related killing in GB.

In a statement issued here, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan strongly condemned the brutal ‘honour’ killing of Awami Action Committee vice chairman Javed Iqbal and a married woman in the area.

The HRCP said that Javed Iqbal was murdered in the presence of his mother and wife which also shows the barbarity of the act.

“This marks the second such incident in Tangir within a week in which two women and two men were killed in the name of honour.

“We demand an immediate and transparent investigation, swift prosecution of the perpetrators and urgent action to dismantle the culture of impunity surrounding honour-based violence in Gilgit-Baltistan,” the HRCP said.

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Woman, man killed for honour in Torghar

A woman, who had come from Lahore to participate in a wedding ceremony, was killed along with a young man for honour in Torghar district on Friday, the police said.

“The bodies have been shifted to a health facility for autopsy and other legal formalities,” a police official told reporters.

Residents of the Gaturangian area of Judbah, where the incident took place, said a local opened fire after allegedly finding his sister-in-law, who had come from Lahore, in the fields with a man, killing them on the spot.

The deceased man, a resident of Battagram, was working as a labourer at a local hospital, the police said.

The police lodged FIR, and started an investigation.

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Couple shot dead over ‘honour’ in Karachi’s Machar Colony

A couple who married with mutual consent was allegedly gunned down by the woman’s father in Machar Colony on Wednesday, in what the police described as a so-called ‘honour killing’

Docks police, in a statement, said that the male victim was gunned down while his wife was shot and injured by her father inside a home near Ayesha Masjid in Machar Colony.

The body and the injured woman were shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi, and further investigation is underway, the statement added. However, the woman passed away during treatment, said Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed.

South-DIG Syed Asad Raza told Dawn that the couple had married of their own free will and had a four-month-old daughter. They had been living in a rented house in Machar Colony for the last five months.

During the initial probe, it emerged that the deceased woman had phoned her father three days ago, Raza said. The father was living with her.

The couple was asleep when the suspect gunned down his son-in-law and injured his daughter and then fled the scene.

The police collected four spent bullet casings from the crime scene, the DIG said.

Earlier in December, a woman and her teenage daughter were stabbed to death over “honour” in the Gizri area of Karachi.

In Pakistan, ‘honour’ killings continued to claim the lives of women throughout 2024, perpetuated by deeply ingrained societal beliefs about family dignity and shame.

Data from the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) shows that in 2024, ‘honour’ killings continued to be a serious issue across Pakistan, with particularly high figures in Sindh and Punjab. From January to November, a total of 346 people fell victim to ‘honour’ crimes in the country.

Couple shot dead over ‘honour’ in Karachi’s Machar Colony

Victims had a four-month-old daughter; the suspect is the father of the female victim who fled after committing the crime.

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