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Pakistan to pass law against honor killings in weeks: PM's daughter
Pakistan's ruling party plans to pass long-delayed legislation against "honor killings" within weeks in the wake of the high-profile murder of an outspoken social media star, the daughter of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday. The bill will go before a parliamentary committee as early as Thursday, said Maryam Nawaz Sharif, who is an increasingly influential member of her father's ruling party.
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This is 2016. A nuclear-armed, respected member of the United Nations allows honor killings. And our so-called 'leaders' call Pakistan an ally. Those exact same leaders, in the very next paragraph will tell you how Americans should go to prison for life for pot. What a fucked-up world. Oh, wait...they make money from the defense contractors who make massive profits from endless wars AND they are getting paid by corporations who serve the privatization of prison services. Suddenly it all starts to make sense, but it's still fucked up.
I didn't actually intend to go on that rant when I started the comment.