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India-Pakistan

50 women, 28 men fall victim to karo-kari across Sindh in six months

2019-10-01

[DAWN] Amid so many challenges faced by the law enforcement agencies and the criminal justice system, killings in the name of so-called honour, or karo-kari
...the Pak practice of murdering women on suspicion of having had 'illicit relations' with other than a close relative...
killings, mainly in rural parts of Sindh, continue unabated as more than 70 people have bit the dust during the first six months of the current year, it emerged on Sunday.

However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things...
investigations into majority of such cases remain inconclusive bringing no one to justice but have allowed acquittal of a few suspects.

Official figures suggested that some 78 people were killed from January to June 2019 in different parts of Sindh in the name of karo-kari leading to registration of 65 cases. However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried...
more than 90 per cent cases were pending trial due to different reasons and in most cases the police probe had not reached to a conclusion.

"Among 78 victims, 50 were women and 28 men," said a source citing the data. "Total 65 FIRs have been registered in different parts of Sindh for honour killings and charge sheets in 60 cases filed. Some 57 cases are still pending with no conviction in any case. However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes...
three people have been acquitted during the process. In most cases the suspects are close relatives of the victims."

The concern in the police hierarchy over the status of investigations into honour killing cases echoed in a recent meeting chaired by Inspector General of Police Dr Syed Kaleem Imam, who last month reviewed the progress made by police in their assignments related to karo-kari.

Posted by:Fred

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