Pakistan is “mainstreaming” misogynist tribal justice
It is fast and cheap, if not always edifying
ONE evening in August Bakht Jan, a 15-year-old girl, attempted to elope with her boyfriend. Before she could meet him, relatives found her and brought her home. Although both families agreed on a swift marriage for their children, a jirga, or tribal council, demanded blood. Obeying its edict, Ms Bakht’s father drugged and then electrocuted her. Her boyfriend was murdered by his own father in the same way the next day, restoring “honour” in the eyes of the jirga.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “More blinkered than blind”
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