ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's parliament unanimously passed legislation against "honour killings" three months after the high-profile murder of an outspoken social media star.
A joint session of the lower and upper houses of parliament, broadcast live on television, approved the new anti-honour killing law, removing a loophole in existing law that allows family members to pardon a killer.
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