One-fifth of homicides in Pakistan are honour killings
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009An epidemiological study published in the April 2009 issue of the European Journal of Public Health concludes that 1957 honour killings of women occurred in Pakistan between January 2004 and December 2007—about 20 percent of all homicides.
The study was led by Dr. Muazzam Nasrullah of the Aga Khan University in Pakistan. An excerpt is [...]




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