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Home FeaturedHonor killings in Pakistan: A system of gender terror?
With a conviction rate of just 0.5%, can we afford to keep calling this 'honor'
Jul 31, 2025
Jul 31, 2025

Amber Shamsi
Pakistan Editor
Amber Rahim Shamsi is an award-winning multimedia journalist, political commentator, and free speech advocate with extensive experience in media development. She previously served as Director of the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) at IBA, where she spearheaded the launch of iVerify Pakistan, a UNDP-supported fact-checking platform. A former BBC World Service bilingual reporter, she has hosted three major current affairs shows on Pakistani news channels. She is also an IVLP and ICFJ Digital Fellow, a media trainer, and an advocate for press freedom and gender representation in journalism.
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The honor killing pandemic: Is it time to call it gender terrorism? This past week in Pakistan:
- A woman was executed in Balochistan for marrying without “permission”
- A teenage girl in Rawalpindi was tortured and killed after a second marriage
- A Christian-Muslim couple was found dead in Karachi
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