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This research study examined the deep rooted prevalence of the violence against women in the form of honour killings in Punjab and its overall association with the role of various socio-cultural institutions, such as, the Law-Executors, i.e., the police force, judiciary and lawyers; the Law-Makers, i.e., politicians and the religious leaders in re-enforcing this customary practice. This research explored as to how the Direct, Structural and Cultural violence affects the criminal justice system in Punjab which further augments the gender discrimination in Pakistan. Moreover, it also incorporated perceptions of the female victim survivors of honour killings about the practice. The theoretical perspective of Johan Galtung (1969, 1990) in the context of Direct, Structural and Cultural violence and its relevance to the Law-Making and the Law-Executing functionaries in the society and finally to honour murders in the Punjab province served as the theoretical framework. The qualitative method was used to get the in-depth information about the subjective experiences and perceptions of various institutional functionaries and the female victim survivors. By employing a purposive sampling, comprising of five representatives from each of the institutions of judiciary, police force, lawyers, politicians and religious leaders, along with three female victim survivors, data were taken from the largest province of Punjab. A subject-focused interview guide was developed for conducting the in-depth interviews and the Interpretative phenomenological approach (IPA) was used to analyze the semi-structured interviews of various participants. This study discussed the justice approach to honour killings, lack of effective law enforcement and the failure of the criminal justice system in combating the honour killing practice. The present exploratory study offered the vital inputs for policy makers and activists for analysis and standardization of relevant criminal legislation which can further lead to significant criminal legislation about such honour crimes.
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