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Members of Pakistan’s civil society hold protest to condemn the killing of Farzana Parveen, a 25-year-old pregnant woman who was stoned to death earlier this week. (Credit: AP Photo\/Muhammed Muheisen)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n

Pakistan\u2019s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called for \u201cimmediate action\u201d<\/a> Thursday over the stoning death<\/a> of a pregnant 25-year-old woman in Lahore earlier this week. Farzana Parveen\u2019s murder, carried out by her family members because she married a man without their consent, has shined a light on so-called \u201chonor killing,\u201d a practice in which relatives end the lives of women and men who are said to bring shame to the family.<\/p>\n\n

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Sharif called Parveen\u2019s death \u201ctotally unacceptable,\u201d but a Pew Research Center survey<\/a> conducted in 2011 found that the Prime Minister\u2019s position is unlikely to resonate with all Pakistanis.<\/p>\n\n

Honor killings claim the lives of more than 1,000 Pakistani women every year, according to a Washington Post story<\/a>\u00a0citing a Pakistani organization<\/a> that advocates against honor killings.\u00a0 In the last few years, honor killings in Pakistan have gained international attention<\/a>, with cases ranging from women refusing to enter into an arranged marriage, seeking a divorce or having a pre- or extra-marital affair.<\/p>\n\n

In the Lahore case, Parveen\u2019s father told police<\/a> that he sought his daughter\u2019s killing because her marriage to the man without his permission \u201chad insulted all of our family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

The Pew Research survey did not ask about children marrying without the consent of their parents, but did ask about ending a woman\u2019s life if she engages in premarital sex or adultery.\u00a0 Four-in-ten respondents said that the practice was justified, including three-in-ten (30%) who said it was often justified and 9% who said it was sometimes justified. About half said that ending a woman\u2019s life to protect family honor was rarely (5%) or never (46%) justified.<\/p>\n\n

Although the issue of honor killings is mostly associated with women, a third of Pakistanis said that honor killings of men can be often (23%) or sometimes justified (10%). A slim majority of Pakistanis (57%) said the practice was rarely, if ever justified when men engage in premarital sex or adultery.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan’s prime minister called the stoning death this week of a 25-year-old pregnant woman “unacceptable,” but a survey shows that not all Pakistanis share that 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