They call it ‘honour killing’ in that part of the world. The ‘Honour killing’ entails killing a woman who is believed to have brought shame or dishonour to the family through her actions.
Often these are trivial issues, or issues the woman has no control over. Yet it’s a society where women are treated worse than third class citizens with the express permission of religion and society.
A Pakistani woman, 25 year old Shabana Bibi, was set ablaze by her husband and his father because she left the house to visit her sister. Her crime was that she did not ask her almighty husband for permission before setting off.