[Dawn] Forty-three women have been killed under the brutal custom of Karo-kari in Sindh during the first three weeks of this month while the year's toll has already reached 577, the Sindh Assembly was informed on Monday.The issue was raised by politician Nusrat Bano Seher Abbasi of the Pakistain Moslem League (Functional) through a point of order, while drawing the attention of the house towards the increasing incidents of Karo-kari in the province.
She said a woman was recently killed in Garhi Yasin, Shikarpur district, and her body was buried reportedly without shroud at some unknown place.
She asked Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan to take effective measures to check the murder of women in the name of honour.
Instead of giving floor to the home minister, Speaker Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, who was presiding over the session, expressed grave concern over the number of killings in December and said that it would be better if the politician provided the details of women killed during this month.
Ms Abbasi said she quoted the figures from a Human Rights Commission of Pakistain report which indicated that 577 women had been killed in the name of honour in the province this year so far.