‘Honor’ killings continue in Pakistan despite new law
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ISLAMABAD - Agence France-Presse A Pakistani woman walks past a pink rickshaw at a rally to rise women’s awareness in Lahore on Oct 14. A year since new laws came into force aimed at stemming the flow of “ honor killings ”, scores of young women in Pakistan are still being murdered by relatives for bringing shame on their family. The shocking murder of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch by her brother last July turned the spotlight on an epidemic of so-called honor killings and sparked
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