Honor killing

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Qandeel Baloch, one of Pakistan's most famous and controversial social media stars, has been strangled to death in what police are calling a case of so called "honor" killing in the city of Multan in the country's province of Punjab. After going on the run, the brother was later arrested and confessed on a video that police showed at a news conference.

I've no idea if the Wikipedia article quoted below is accurate. But I wonder if the killer will be prosecuted and if his sentence will be the same or less as the "common" murderer.
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Honor killings are tried by the 1990 Qisas and Diyat Ordinance of Pakistan, which permits the individual and his or her family to retain control over a crime, including the right to determine whether to report the crime, prosecute the offender, or demand diyat (or compensation). Since most honour killings are committed by a close relative, if and when the case reaches a court of law, the victim's family may 'pardon' the murderer, or be pressured to accept diyat (financial compensation). The murderer then goes free.[238] Once such a pardon has been secured, the state has no further writ on the matter although often the killers are relatives of the victim. Scholars suggest that the Islamic law doctrine of Qisas and Diyya encourages honor killings, particularly against females, as well as allows the murderer to go unpunished.

Since this woman was in some way a public figure, maybe the state will proceed with a prosecution for murder.

Ranb

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