The latest Sindh Police statistics show that ‘honour killing’ or karo kari of both women and men has gone up 27 percent if data from the first half of this year and the previous year are compared. The data is for the first six months of both years, from January to June. The police compared 2020 and 2021. Last year, the reported karo kari number of victims was 65 (in the first six months). In 2021, this figure rose to 83 (in the first six months). The comparison is not for data for the full year. In karo kari cases, men and women are targeted. However, the trend generally shows higher death tolls for women. In the half-yearly comparison between the two years, the women were target.