Abdul Halim Khan is a politician, a Muslim cleric, and an ex MNA from

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. He belongs to the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan party and won the NA-23 (Kohistan) constituency seat in 2002. He holds the view that "girls should not be educated, women should not work unless accompanied by mahrams and 'honour' killing is a religiously-sanctioned practice", and has threatened that women working for NGOs who enter Kohistan will be forcibly married.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Honour killing in Pakistan Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 {{Pakistan-MNA-stub