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SOCIO CULTURAL CAUSES OF KALA KALI HONOUR KILLING A CASE OF TEHSIL JAM PUR

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2021(VI-I).03      10.31703/grr.2021(VI-I).03      Published : Mar 2021

Socio-Cultural Causes of Kala Kali (Honour Killing): A Case of Tehsil Jam Pur

Abstract

    Pakistani rural people have to face many problems under the umbrella of tribal laws and customs. These cultural norms and tribal laws compel the people to kill their wives, sisters, mothers and daughters in the name of so-called "honour". The major objectives of the study were to explore the socio-cultural causes of kali kali (honor killing) and to see the impacts of kala kali on victim's family. The cases of fourteen victims were studied where the members of victim's family were informants as victims themselves were not available. The result of the present study shows that the lust for money, feudalism, illiteracy and lack of awareness about human rights are the causes of kala kali. It can be reduced by increasing awareness and education. Government should launch some policies like a comprehensive legal awareness program to make people aware of their legal rights.

    Honor Killing, Role of Sardar, Fake Honor Killings, Disrespecting the Respect

    (1) Saima Afzal
    Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Hammad Raza
    Lecturer (Visiting), Institute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Adeela Manzoor
    PhD Scholar, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Afzal, S., Raza, H., & Manzoor, A. (2021). Socio-Cultural Causes of Kala Kali (Honour Killing): A Case of Tehsil Jam Pur. Global Regional Review, VI(I), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2021(VI-I).03

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Afzal, Saima, Hammad Raza, and Adeela Manzoor. 2021. "Socio-Cultural Causes of Kala Kali (Honour Killing): A Case of Tehsil Jam Pur." Global Regional Review, VI (I): 17-22 doi: 10.31703/grr.2021(VI-I).03

HARVARD

    HARVARD : AFZAL, S., RAZA, H. & MANZOOR, A. 2021. Socio-Cultural Causes of Kala Kali (Honour Killing): A Case of Tehsil Jam Pur. Global Regional Review, VI, 17-22.

MHRA

    MHRA : Afzal, Saima, Hammad Raza, and Adeela Manzoor. 2021. "Socio-Cultural Causes of Kala Kali (Honour Killing): A Case of Tehsil Jam Pur." Global Regional Review, VI: 17-22

MLA

    MLA : Afzal, Saima, Hammad Raza, and Adeela Manzoor. "Socio-Cultural Causes of Kala Kali (Honour Killing): A Case of Tehsil Jam Pur." Global Regional Review, VI.I (2021): 17-22 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Afzal, Saima, Raza, Hammad, and Manzoor, Adeela (2021), "Socio-Cultural Causes of Kala Kali (Honour Killing): A Case of Tehsil Jam Pur", Global Regional Review, VI (I), 17-22

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Afzal, Saima, Hammad Raza, and Adeela Manzoor. "Socio-Cultural Causes of Kala Kali (Honour Killing): A Case of Tehsil Jam Pur." Global Regional Review VI, no. I (2021): 17-22. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2021(VI-I).03