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Police claimed to have arrested all accused allegedly involved in honour killing incident involving two teenage girls in North Waziristan.

In another incident of same nature, unknown gunmen opened fire at a young couple in Panu Akil town, killing them on the spot.

ISLAMABAD: The joint session of parliament on Thursday passed a long-awaited legislation Thursday closing a loophole that allowed people who killed for "honour"...

ISLAMABAD: Parliament will on Thursday debate bills aimed at tackling so-called honour killings and amending its rape law, officials said, following the murder of a social media star last week.

KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has asked the PML-N government “to shun hypocrisy and immediately pass Anti-Honour Killings Laws (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2014, which was drafted and tabled by PPP in the Senate.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed Pakistan would eradicate "evil" honour killings as he congratulated director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her Oscar nomination for a harrowing documentary on the practice.