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Pakistan's parliament has unanimously passed a law against so-called "honour killings", three months after the murder of a social media star.

It closes a loophole allowing killers to walk free after being pardoned by family members. In future perpetrators of honour killings will face a mandatory life sentence.

A joint session of the lower and upper houses of parliament, broadcast live on television, approved the new law.

The move has been welcomed by a film-maker, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, whose…
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