HONOUR KILLING AND THE STA TUS OF WOMAN IN PAKISTAN Ghulam Hyder Sindhi National Institute of Pakistan Studies QUAID-I-AZAM UNIVERSITY Islamabad 2007 CONTENTS Preface ix CHAPTER ONE Introduction 3 CHAPTER TWO Karo-Kari 21 CHAPTER THREE Status of Women in Pakistan 29 CHAPTER FOUR Women Organisations 41 All Pakistan Women s Association (APWA) 42 Federation of University Women (FUW) 44 Pakistan Women's National Guards and Pakistan Women's Naval Reserve (PWNG /PWNS) 44 Democratic Women's Association (DWA) 45 United Front For Women's Rights (UFWR) 45 Women s' Action Forum 46 Shirkat Gah 47 Aurat Foundation 47 DWD 48 INRFWP 49 VI CHAPTER FIVE Women Politics and the Political Parties in Pakistan 55 Women's Reaction to Islamization 60 Federal Shariat Court and Women as Qazi 66 National Alliance (NA) 67 Pakistan Tehreek-e-lnsaf (PTI) 67 Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) 67 Awami National Party (ANP) 67 Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) 68 Blochistan National Movement (BNM) 68 Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) 68 Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mohim) 68 Balochistan National Congress (BNC) 68 Pakistan People's Party (SB) 68 Qaumi Jamhoori Party (QJP) 69 Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) 69 National Workers Party (NWP) 69 CHAPTER SIX Violence against Women 73 Domestic Violence 75 Psychological Violence 75 Physical Violence 76 Sexual Violence 76 Honour Killing: An Analysis 77 Honour Killing Spots on the Globe 82 Jordan 85 Turkey 85 Egypt and Lebnon 89 Islam and Honour Killing 90 Honour Killing in Sindh 102 Honour killing in the Punjab 107 Honour Killing in the NWFP 112 Honour Killing in Balochistan 112 ans for Honour Killing 113 Marriage 115 Watta Satta 116 Emotional Involvement 117 Tribal Disputes 118 Money 118 Land and Property 119 Poverty 119 Lack of Education 120 Tana (Taunt or Taunting) 120 Birth of Child 120 Social 120 Panchayat 141 CHAPTER SEVEN Gender Justices-Constitution and Laws 127 Constitutional Provisions 127 Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 131 Hudood Ordinances 133 VIII Law of Evidence 134 Qisas and Dyat 135 CHAPTER EIGHT Conclusion and Recommendations 143 APPENDICES 148 BIBLIOGRAPHY 197.