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Honour in Ghairatabad

Get together a group of young girls and boys, sit with them, and shed your cloak of narcissism for a while. Establish a long association with them, trust them so…

Ordinary killings…

A COUPLE of weeks ago a man named Shakil — a resident of Sheikhupura had an argument with his family members. When his mother intervened, the man grew even angrier…

Honouring Martyrs, Healing Wounds

Honouring martyrs, healing wounds

Almost every week there is news of the death and destruction terrorists continue to try to cause in Pakistan – especially in the parts of the country where the mountains…

Anwar Congo And The Act Of Killing

Anwar Congo and the act of killing

Imagine a killer – rather a mass killer – being enthusiastic about re-enacting his crimes: kidnappings, tortures, strangulations, and dumping of the dead bodies, and all that with a sense…

Killing Growth

Killing growth

The sizeable gatherings and rallies of students carrying red banners which took place in most major cities in the country last Friday are a reminder of the 1970s and times…

Review: Honour Unmasked

Review: honour unmasked

Nafisa Shah’s work on the subject of honour killing spans over twenty years. She first wrote about this subject when she was working as a journalist some twenty years ago.…

Naked Honour

Naked honour

Over the centuries, a highly patriarchal society has controlled female desire, especially related to carnal pleasures, behind the mantle of honour. A woman in any capacity – wife, daughter, mother…

Myanmar’s Killing Fields

Myanmar’s killing fields

From an icon of democratic values and poster child of liberalism, Aung San Suu Kyi, the de-facto ruler of Myanmar, has fallen to the status of a conniver in the…

Whither honour?

Another heart-wrenching, horrible story of honour killing comes from Sindh’s small town of Gambat in district Khairpur. Tahira Shah and Kamran Larik, who married by their own choice and left…

Protecing women from crimes of ‘honour’

The recent high-profile murder of Qandeel Baloch, allegedly killed by her brothers to vindicate their ‘ghairat’ or ‘honour’, has led to the approval of a government-sponsored bill. The proposed draft…