"It is important to consider the risks faced by Pakistani women in particular whose families believe that they violated the family’s honour. Among the “violations of honour” are rejecting an arranged marriage, entering an unapproved marriage or even worse, sexual activity outside marriage. Many women and men who have been accused of such “violations” have become the target of an honour killing. In Pakistan, women and men are usually expected to accept an arranged marriage with someone from their own clan and family, and marriage to someone from a different clan, caste and social background is highly disapproved of, potentially to the point of provoking attempts to kill the person involved. The husband and the wife can become the target of attack or honour killing."
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Security, Culture and Human Rights in the Middle East and South Asia By Christoph Bluth · 2019
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