[No 'Honour' In Honour Killng] 'Extremism And Violence Has Permeated Through Pakistani Society; Need To Discourage Crime Against Women': Pakistan SC

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday observed that extremism and violence has permeated through Pakistani society and it has been brutalized. In other words, the 2005 proviso was replaced by another proviso in the year 2016, which when read with the definition of ' fasad-fil-arz ' reiterated that killing in the name or under the pretext of honour cannot be brought within the ambit of section 302 of PPC. A 2 judge bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, comprising Justices Qazi Faez Isa and Sardar Tariq Masood opined that " the killing of women in the name of honour had never been an honourable practice and that such murders should not be categorised as honour killings. " Therefore, the Court noted, "The murder committed by the petitioner, which he stated he had committed in the name of honour, cannot be brought within the ambit of section 302 PPC, even if any of the Exceptions to the erstwhile section 300 PPC were attracted." Notably, while talking about the rising cases of Honour Killings in Pakistan, the court remarked, "Pakistan has one of the highest, if not the highest per capita honour killings in the world and predominantly the victims are women.