Ishtiaq Mehsud is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal.
The February 8 parliamentary elections in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province are under threat of violent attacks by the Pakistani Taliban and other Islamist militants.
The recent deaths of several women in northwestern Pakistan have put the spotlight on so-called honor killings in the South Asian country. Human rights groups say hundreds of girls and women are killed every year, often by relatives who say they are defending the family’s honor.
