Blimey there may well be hope yet ? I see that Pakistan parliament
passed legislation yesterday passing tougher sentences for honour killings & hope fully (?) closing a loop hole in current law ?
More than a 1000 victims (woman) were victims of honour killings in Pakistan last year , but any conviction rate was close to zero. The bill has been debated for months was passed, despite a last ditch effort to block it.
Religious groups routinely denounce any attempt to bolster womans rights in Pakistan as "un-Islamic" . The Governmant were stung into action by a series of gruesome honour killings , including a 17 year old girl who was handcuffed to a bed by her mother doused in petrol & burnt alive
The Question remains over how vigorously the law will be enforced particularly in rural areas were woman are rarely seen in public & the patriarchy is unassailable
DNA evidence will also for the 1st time be able to be used in court for rape & sexual assault on children, again this was after fierce opposition from religious groups.
(wonder how many honour killings were against woman who refused to marry there cousin ?)
Small step to greater things.