Honour Killings in Pakistan.
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Honour Killings in Pakistan "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person. Men and women of full age without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry or to have a family. They entitled to equal rights as to marriage and its dissolution. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the attending spouses. The family is the natural and fundamental group, unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and state." Thus states the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 3&16. Every year in Pakistan hundreds of women, of all ages and in all parts of the country, are reported killed in the name of honour. Many more cases go unreported. Almost all go unpunished. A country like Pakistan, whose constitution gives equal rights to both men and women, millions of women are forced...


