Pakistan's Senate has called for government action against men who shot and buried alive five tribal women in July because three of them wanted to choose their husbands.

Through a resolution passed Monday, the senate also condemned and sought justice for two women who were executed in similar fashion alongside the victims in the Nasirabad district of Balochistan province for pleading for the girls' lives.

The so-called honor killings were exposed by a female senator on Friday. Two male senators defended the executions of the girls aged 18 to 20 by Imrani tribesmen saying it is part of tribal tradition.

The five women were still breathing as mud and stones were shoveled over their bodies, according to Human Rights Watch.