LAHORE: Family members slit the throat of a young mother who was pregnant with her second child for marrying against their will in Gujranwala, officials

LAHORE – An anti-terrorism court yesterday remanded a man into police custody for seven days on the charges of burning his sister Zeenat Rafiq for

NEW YORK – Human Rights Watch, a prominent international watchdog body, has asked the Pakistani govt to send a message of “zero tolerance” by urgently

By: Raza Khan ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic (CII) Ideology declared killing in the name of honour as un-Islamic and against the law of the

Recent days have seen a virtual rash of so-called ‘honour’ killings of women, usually revolving around choice of life partner. In Lahore, the other day,

By: Haroon Janjua Islamabad – The recent burning of a teenage girl by her own mother in the name of honour has triggered the debate