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From Victim to Heroine by Nicholas D. Kristof

From rape to slavery to honor killings, extreme oppression can be the norm for Pakistani women. But, Times Op-Ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof reports from Pakistan that one courageous woman has built...

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‘Secularism fundamental to ensuring equality’ by Rubina Saigol

14/12/2008: ‘The extent to which a woman is allowed or denied her fundamental rights granted by the state is mediated by her ethnic or religious group and its relationship with the state.’ (Dawn) “The...

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Violence against women in Balochistan increased in 2008

By Malik Siraj Akbar QUETTA: Aurat Foundation, a non-governmental organisation working for women’s rights, has said violence against women in Balochistan intensified in 2008, but Baloch society still...

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No action taken to recover 18 year old

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-024-2009 February 2, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: No action taken for the recovery of an 18 year old girl who was raped and kidnapped...

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Pakistani newlyweds live in fear of honour killing

23 Jan 2009 13:04:29 GMT Source: Reuters (Repeats story that moved at 0000 GMT) By Aftab Borka KARACHI, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Pervez Chachar and his young wife live in the police headquarters in the...

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UPDATE: Pakistan: Supreme Court adjourns hearing of Mukhtar Mai’s case...

Update on: Pakistan: Interference in the case of Mukhtar Mai 12/02/2009: Mukhtar Mai’s counsel, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, had moved an application for adjournment, which was considered the best course of...

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WAF outraged at jirga’s judgment of stoning to death

Staff Report LAHORE: Women’s Action Forum (WAF) is outraged at reports of yet another “judgement of stoning to death due to illicit relations”, pronounced by a self-styled jirga convened in Kala Dhaka,...

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The Crimson Earth

By Noreen Haider December 22, 2010, Gujranwala Shumila, a newly wed bride, murdered by the bridegroom, who staged a dacoity-cum-murder drama to mislead the police after killing his bride over the...

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Death Sentences to 4 Women 2 Men for singing and dancing

A tribal ‘jirga’ or council in northern Pakistan has condemned four women and two men to death for “staining the honour” of their families by singing and dancing at a wedding, according to a media...

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‘The crimewave that shames the world’ by Robert Fisk

It is a tragedy, a horror, a crime against humanity. The details of the murders – of the women beheaded, burned to death, stoned to death, stabbed, electrocuted, strangled and buried alive for the...

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