25 officers trained to tackle honour killing.ISLAMABAD Islamabad (ĭs'ləməbäd`, ĭslăm`–), city (1998 pop. 524,500), capital of Pakistan, NE Pakistan, just NE of Rawalpindi, the former interim capital. , October 02, 2009 (Balochistan Times): Twenty-five officers have been trained with the help of the United Nations Development Program and the Sindh Police, said Minister for Information Shazia Marri. These officers will work to stop violence against women and honour Honour or honor (see spelling differences), is the evaluation of a person’s trustworthiness and social status based on that individual's espousals and actions. killing in the rural areas of Sindh. It is a shame that this act of murder is called honour-killing, she said. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Samma News, 632 men and women have been killed in the past five years in the name of honour. Most cases of karo kari took place in Larkana, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Sukkur and Noshero Feroz. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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