pakistan pm vows to eradicate honour killings
ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed to eradicate "evil" honour killings as he congratulated director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her Oscar nomination for a harrowing docmentary on the practice.
"A Girl in the River:The Price of Forgiveness,"which followes the story of a rare survivor,was nominated in the documentary short category of the Academy Awards on Thursday.
It would be noted that hundreds of women are reportedly murdered by their relatives in Pakistan each year on the ground of protecting family "honour."
Oddly enough,their male murderers are often "pardoned" by relatives under the country's controversial Islamic blood money laws that allow murderers to escape punishment.
A statement from from the Office of the Prime Minister late Thursday exprssed the government's commitment "to rid Pakistan of this evil practice by bringing in appropriate legislation."
Honour killings depict the state of women's rights in Pakistan,treated as second-class citizens with no legislative aid
Created at 2016-01-15 05:41:04
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