Preventable killings in the name of honour continue to stain the conscience of Pakistan. Every year, hundreds of women — and occasionally men — are murdered by family members for allegedly bringing shame upon the household. The reasons vary: a choice in marriage, a rumour, a suspicion. But the outcome is always the same — life taken, justice delayed and society complicit.

The issue has returned to the throes of justice in a recent Sindh High Court ruling against a man who........

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