Over 1,700 honour killings in 5 years reported in Paks Punjab

Over 1, 707 honour killings have been reported in Punjab Province of Pakistan from 1997 to 2003, making the province a leader in regard to gender-related violence.

Islamabad, Aug 12 : Over 1, 707 honour killings have been reported in Punjab Province of Pakistan from 1997 to 2003, making the province a leader in regard to gender-related violence.

It was reported in 'The Concept of Justice in Islam- Qisas and Diayt Laww', prepared by the National Commission on the Status of Women, and was funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Daily Times reported.

Honour killing is an extreme form of domestic violence, the report opined.

In the North West Frontier Province, around 172 cases of murder and 67 cases of other forms of gender violence were reported.

Only 10 convictions have been made in the 141 cases presently disposed of by courts, it added.

In Balochistan, 57 cases of murder and 39 related to gender violence were reported, of which 39 cases have been disposed of with 17 convictions and 22 acquittals.

In Sindh, 910 honour killings were reported in the same period, of which only 268 cases have been disposed of with 25 convictions and 268 acquittals.

172 cases of honour killing were reported in Punjab in 2003, of which 16 victims were minors, 69 were single women and 61 were married, said the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).

ANI