NAWABSHAH: Hundreds of angry people from the Rind tribe staged a sit-in and burnt tyres on the national highway to protest the killing of one of their tribesmen by the Syed tribe. The road was blocked and traffic was suspended for hours. According to the Rind tribe, their man was murdered by the Syeds over illegal occupation of government forestland in Sukhpur. The dispute between the two tribes has been a prolonged one and armed men from both the tribes had established pickets around the claimed land. Earlier, a group of Syeds demonstrated in front of the Nawabshah Press Club where they alleged that the Rinds had occupied forestland. The Rind displayed the body of their slain man on the national highway, burnt tyres and blocked the road. Demonstrators shouted slogans and demanded the immediate arrest of the killers. Police negotiated with the protesters and restored traffic.
Sounds like they need more Shariah...
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A parliamentary committee for law, justice and human rights proposed amendments to the Pakistan Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code that would mean death sentence or life term for the person involved in honor killing. The minimum punishment for the crime would be a seven-year jail term. Honor killings are rampant in the rural areas of Sindh and the deeply conservative northern regions. The government has taken steps to end the practice but such incidents keep happening. The law, if enacted, would strengthen the government's efforts to end this practice.
Not being a European, I'm perfectly comfortable with the idea of the death penalty for premeditated murder. Pakland's court system, however, doesn't seem to even open a case unless someone formally files a complaint. No complaint, no crime, regardless of how dead wifey or sister might be. I could be wrong in my interpretation, of course; correct me if I'm wrong. But if I'm not, it would seem that the state has the duty to take up the cause of the dear departed, who's no longer capable of speaking up. To coin a phrase:
"A corpse is a corpse, of course, of course,
"And no one can talk to a corpse, of course..."
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I saw a BBC show a while back on honor killings. One man actually ended up in prison for shooting his wife in the back of the head, but he managed to buy his way out for a few rupees to someone in charge.
Ironically even he was complaining about rampart corruption.
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"A corpse is a corpse, of course, of course,
"And no one can talk to a corpse, of course..."
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"A corpse is a corpse, of course, of course, "And no one can talk to a corpse, of course..."
Don't you think it's time to stop the Kerry bashing since he is clearly sinking faster than a Buick in lakewater..... ;-) Oh what the hell....bash away Jean Francois deserves to be fragged
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NAWABSHAH: Hundreds of angry people from the Rind tribe staged a sit-in and burnt tyres on the national highway to protest the killing of one of their tribesmen by the Syed tribe. The road was blocked and traffic was suspended for hours. According to the Rind tribe, their man was murdered by the Syeds over illegal occupation of government forestland in Sukhpur. The dispute between the two tribes has been a prolonged one and armed men from both the tribes had established pickets around the claimed land. Earlier, a group of Syeds demonstrated in front of the Nawabshah Press Club where they alleged that the Rinds had occupied forestland. The Rind displayed the body of their slain man on the national highway, burnt tyres and blocked the road. Demonstrators shouted slogans and demanded the immediate arrest of the killers. Police negotiated with the protesters and restored traffic. 
