Killed for "Honour": Inside Pakistan's Unending Crisis
Image source BBC News Killed for "Honour": Inside Pakistan's Unending Crisis | Jaam Maud Articles Jaam Maud Articles Peace Not War Shall Be Our Legacy Human Rights · Research Killed for "Honour": Inside Pakistan's Unending Crisis By Sumair Ahmed Mahar Research & Analysis Mohammad Ramzan was on a night shift at a cement factory outside Karachi when the phone call came. His 20-year-old daughter, Khalida Chandio, had been shot dead in their village in Sindh. She had been declared "kari" — a local term used to accuse a woman of an illicit relationship — after a gathering of male relatives and village elders decided her fate. Her mother watched the killing on a video that later circulated on social media. "Her screams still echo in my ears," she said. "We couldn't save her." Khalida's death, in April this year, is not an isolated tragedy. It is one entry in a ledger t...
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