Honour Killings
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Mothers killing daughters, brutal 'honour' killings on rise in Pakistan
World | Jul 04, 2016, 05:08 PM ISTLahore: Her only fault was that she married the love of her life instead of the man that her mother selected. Ashamed of her 18-year-old daughter's decision, Parveen Rafiq set her on fire and felt
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Haryana CM defends khaps, says they don't order honour killings
India | Oct 05, 2013, 09:04 PM ISTChandigarh: Strongly defending khap panchayats (caste councils), Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said they don't order honour killings and most such cases involve relatives of boys or girls, whose relations are opposed
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Afghan Woman Breaks Down In Canada Court Over 'Honour' Killings Of 3 Daughters And Husband's First Wife
World | Jan 11, 2012, 09:30 PM ISTOntario, Jan 11: A 41-year-old Muslim woman accused of murdering three of her daughters and her husband's first wife in an honour killing broke down in tears while testifying today in an Ontario court. Tooba
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Libyan Slits Daughters' Throats In 'Honour Killings' After Rape By Gaddafi's Troops
World | Sep 02, 2011, 05:39 PM ISTTripoli, Aug 31: A Libyan father slit the throats of his three teenage daughters in an ‘honour killing' after they were raped by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists during the siege of the port city of
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Award Death Penalty For Honour Killings, Says SC
India | May 09, 2011, 06:53 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 9: Holding honour killings as a slur on the nation and a barbaric, feudal practice that ought to be stamped out, the Supreme Court today directed courts to view such cases as
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Haryana CM Opposes Special Provision To Deal With Honour Killings
National | Aug 31, 2010, 05:12 PM ISTNew Delhi : Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday disfavoured framing of any special provision to deal with the cases of 'honour' killing, saying that the existing law is sufficient enough to handle