No one can love more than a mother, no one can
care more than a sister, no one can serve more than a daughter and no one can
sacrifice more than a wife and yet, these amiable relations are tortured,
harassed and killed by the vile fellow-men. Women have long suffered the
discriminatory behavior in the male dominated world and are still facing the
vindictiveness and malice by the male members of the society.
Karo-kari or honor killing is more of a tradition which has
gained a lot of legal and social protection in various countries. Even though
Islam strongly oppose such act but these crimes are more prevalent in Muslim
countries.
Despite of all the technological advancement and progress in
the world these barbaric incidents continue to occur. The pressure groups have
influenced governments of many countries to enact laws against it and this has
also reduced the number of honour killing events. However in the countries like
Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Jordan these events still occur at a massive
level. The only way to minimize the society by introducing more purposeful and
peaceful tasks which can contribute better towards social and economic progress
of the state.It is really essential to practice the following measures in order
to remove this curse from our society:
1) By initiating awareness campaigns which highlight the
rights and responsibilities of the human beings. Through giving people the
insight of their role in the society a more groomed vision about humanity and
opposite gender can be gained.
2) Increase in literacy level will reshape the thinking of
people in a positive manner.
3) Enactment of more focused and equitable laws and effective
implementation of the present laws is the key factor towards eliminating the
crime from the society.
4) By making the jury independent; and abolition of jirga
system which challenges the sovereignty of parliament.
If society recognizes this cruelty as a crime, only then can
we get rid of this brutal tradition.
These recommendations only cover the apparent picture
however; there are many cases which are merely disguised as honour killings. To
combat this problem free, fair and just judicial system of the state is
required without which the state cannot flourish and function efficiently.
Therefore, for better social, individual, economic,
political, cultural, ethical and moral development, tolerance, awareness and
acceptance of the opposite gender has to be promoted.
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