LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan passed a law Thursday to clamp down on honor killings after a surge of recent high-profile killings of young women by family members prompted international outrage.Under previous law, killers could go unpunished if they were granted forgiveness by relatives. The new law only allows family members to pardon the killer from the death penalty. The murderer would still face a mandatory sentence of 12.5 years if convicted of the killing.
