‘Societal problem’: Pakistan’s Sindh records 43 percent increase in honor killing cases
KARACHI: Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has recorded a 43 percent increase in “honor killing” cases, the provincial police department said on Thursday, with more than 100 women among the victims.
Honor killings, in which family members kill women or men for actions perceived as bringing shame to the family such as choosing their spouse, have long plagued the South Asian country.
In a report released on Thursday, the Sindh police said 142 people, including 105 women, were killed in honor killing cases from Jan. 1 till Aug. 31, compared to 99 during this period last year.
Legal experts and human rights activists have raised concern over the “alarming” increase in honor killings in rural districts as well as urban and commercial centers like Karachi.
