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( music playing )

( horns honking )

( crickets chirping )

( train horn blaring )

( speaking Punjabi )

( doctor speaking Punjabi )

( speaking Punjabi )

( cawing )

( Saba speaking Punjabi )

( Akbar speaking Punjabi )

( man singing prayer over P.A. )

( children playing )

( interviewer speaking Punjabi )

Interviewer:

Interviewer:

Interviewer:

( chatter )

Saba:

- ( camera clicks ) - ( laughing )

Rehmatay:

Saba:

Honor killing, under the Pakistani law,

should be treated as a murder,

and the case should be prosecuted in the court of law

as any murder case.

But what happens is that in most cases

the near relatives who are allowed, under law,

can forgive the accused.

So for example, if father kills his daughter,

the rest of the family members forgive him.

The killers in honor killing cases

are allowed to be acquitted.

And that is also one reason

why honor killings are rising--

because people get to know

that if they kill their daughters,

their sisters, they may still go scot-free.

This is not just Saba’s cause.

It’s the society’s cause.

It’s a question of public policy,

whether in such cases compromise or forgiveness

should be allowed to happen or not.

But seeking justice is a long-drawn process,

and women are at a great social

and institutional disadvantage.

Women in Pakistani society live as second-rate citizens,

or perhaps even worse.

Saba:

( speaking Punjabi )

Jamal: It’s the male members of the community

who play a major role

in making the parties reach a compromise,

and it almost always works against the interest

of the victim of honor crime.

Akbar:

- ( chatter ) - ( baby cooing )

Saba:

Shafaqat:

Jamal:

( motor starts )

Jamal: I can understand

why she’s inclined to reach a compromise.

Our justice system is not strong enough

to provide her security.

Let’s assume the accused are convicted

and sentenced to five years of imprisonment,

and they come out and then they again try to kill her.

Who is going to protect her?

( horn honks )

Jamal: And one of the accused is her own father,

and he’s the only bread winner of the family,

so it makes worldly sense to forgive him.

( horns honking )

Jamal: When the law allows for this kind of settlement,

the courts in such instances

have become mere post offices.

They just record the statement of the victim.

This is something which strengthens male superiority.

Saba:

Maqsood:

Saba:

( music playing )