Volume II Special Issue VIII November 2022

Name of Author : Anju R P

Title of the paper : The Sad Plight of Honor Killing in Jamil Ahmeds Short Story The Sins of the Mother

Abstract: Jamil Ahmed is a renowned Pakistani writer, who tries to highlight the social, and gender issues in his writings. Honor killing is a stigma on the face of Pakistani tribal culture, in particular where men and women both are slaughtered at the name of family honor. Honor, an undefined notion in a particular society like Pakistan, is used as a tool to justify the crime of murder. In the tribal areas of Pakistan where such murder is not considered a crime, honor killing is a punishment for those who contravene against the traditional honor code. Not only Pakistan, all over the world honor killing is happening. People think that honor killing is a solution to reduce the problem, but it is not actually a way to reduce it.

Keywords : Honor Killing, patriarchal, murder

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Page Number : 123-124