Category: Pakistan

(Canada) She can stay, for now – Roohi Tabassum “Faces possible honour killing if deported to Pakistan”

(Canada) She can stay, for now
— Roohi Tabassum “Faces possible honour killing if deported to Pakistan”
— “An ecstatic Roohi Tabassum wept yesterday after learning a federal court judge stopped her removal from Canada just hours before she was to be deported to face her ex-husband and possible death by honour killing in Pakistan.”
— “She allowed Tabassum to remain in Canada until a pre-removal appeal can take place, which can take about nine months.”
— “Her lawyer Max Berger told court that 1,200 to 1,500 women were killed in 2007 from honour killings in Pakistan, according to U.S. Department of State statistics.”

— Judge suspends Pakistani woman’s deportation order amid honour-killing fears

— Alternate news link:

Pakistan: “Brother kills girl for honour”

(Pakistan) “Brother kills girl for honour”
— “Saira Bano, 19, was shot dead by her brother in Mehmoodabad police limits.”
— “A teenage girl was killed by her brother, as she eloped with a non-Muslim man”
— Teenage girl shot dead over matrimonial dispute – shot dead by her brother

Pakistan: Pashto female singer killed

Pakistan: Pashto female singer killed
— “Her husband Usman reported at Paharipura Police Station that the
singer’s brothers Alamgir and Ismaeel were not happy with her having
singing profession despite their disapproval. They (allegedly) opened fire
on her near Koochi Plaza and killed her.”

Pakistan: Female Pakistani Singer Killed In Peshawar — Ayman Udas
http://www.rferl.org/content/Female_Pakistani_Singer_Killed_In_Peshawar/1618412.html

Pakistan: NWFP: Couple shot dead on jirga’s order — Kala Dhaka

Pakistan: Couple shot dead on jirga’s order — Kala Dhaka
— “A man and a woman who had eloped were executed on a jirga’s order in Kala Dhaka.”
— Tehsildar Jamshed Khan: “There is no other law except the jirga system in the area.”
— “They were required to be presented in a court in Alpuri on May 5.”