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Honour Killings (Reasons for honour Killings (Examples (Dressing…

- - - - Islamic Law
        
        Diyat (blood money)
        
        Killers walk free by paying a small amount of money to victims family
        
        The Qisas (Eye for an eye)
      - Restoring "honour" to family
    - - Sister Used to talk to boy over telephone
        
        Brought a bad name to family
        
        Responsibility placed on him by family
        
        "My cousins said what a dishonoured man I am that my sister is talking to a boy over the telephone," he ( Hayat) says.
      - Hails from North Pakistan
        
        Under Taliban Rule
  - - - Dishonours and shames man
      - Dishonours and shames his Family by marrying another man
    - - Declared the couple should be killed
    - - Restore family and mans honour
      - "She is married to me, how can she even think to marry someone else when I (Nizam) am alive,"
      - Islamic Law
      - "I could have been left feeling guilty my entire life if I let her go"
- - - - This done in response to Qandal Baloch
  - - - it will take more than stricter laws to put it out of practice
      - Fundamental grassroots change supported by the government
      - "We have to empower women through education and employment. The stronger the bargaining position they have, the more capable they are to fight and survive," she (Dr Nadia Agha from Shah Abdul Latif University in Sindh.) says.
      - Dr Agha: its critical that men are involved