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ISLAMABAD: Reacting to the acquittal of Waseem Baloch for the murder of his sister — social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch — the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) announced plans to appeal the verdict before the Supreme Court.
NCSW chairperson Nilofar Bakhtiar on Wednesday expressed concern over Waseem’s acquittal, saying in a statement that the “NCSW will file an appeal in the Supreme Court against Lahore High Court’s acquittal of Waseem Baloch, else it will perpetuate the heinous crime of honour killing in Pakistan”.
“Mitigating (dis)honour killings are one of the prime goals of NCSW and we will try to achieve this goal,” she added.
Published in Dawn, February 17th, 2022
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Feb 17, 2022 08:27am
Then they ask why honor killings are on the rise? When cold blooded murderer like this gets acquitted it's a natural outcome.
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Feb 17, 2022 08:49am
Shame on such system where humans have no value!
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Feb 17, 2022 09:31am
Shame on this, where the price of human is so small!
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Feb 17, 2022 09:34am
thank you for taking up the issue, i think no murderer should go free....a crime is committed and the criminal should serve the sentence...............But not in this case a lot of other cases as well
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Feb 17, 2022 09:58am
Bravo, NCSW!
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Feb 17, 2022 11:30am
Humans have a small price in Pakistan!
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Feb 17, 2022 11:31am
... It has a greater impact on society because of all the publicity. The court decision reinforces the idea that honor killings will not be prosecuted.
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