Carian mengenai topik honour killings

A man killed his two sisters on the eve of their weddings in Pakistan's central Punjab province, police said Saturday.

The pattern of crime has its roots in tribal social norms that remain prevalent across South Asia, and the victims are overwhelmingly women.

Her brother, arrested a day later after her father filed a police complaint against him for the killing, appeared in court briefly Sunday ahead of another hearing set for Wednesday.

A pregnant woman and her husband have been abducted and shot dead by relatives who disapproved of their marriage, police said Sunday.

A Pakistani teenager was burnt alive by her mother on Wednesday after marrying a man of her own choice, police said.

Mohammad Asif had previously murdered his mother four or five years ago, according to police, before being pardoned at the time by his family and set free.