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, by FISK Robert
Eight of the women who sought refuge in Hina Jilani’s Lahore shelter died later at the hands of their families. In the second part of our investigation, the lawyer explains how authorities covered up
For other articles in this series, see: “Honour Killings”: The crimewave that shames the world (…)
, by SHIELDS Rachel
Islamic groups and politicians condemn the hotline as ’colonial’ and warn organisers they risk reprisals.
An abortion hotline which has been set up in Pakistan is facing violent opposition. Islamic groups and political parties have condemned the hotline, which was launched yesterday, as (…)
, par AHRC
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME
Urgent Appeal Case : AHRC-UAC-070-2010
25 May 2010
PAKISTAN : A couple is death marked by a jirga court chaired by a policeman
ISSUES : Violence against women ; honour killing ; torture ; police negligence
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LAHORE: Over 1500 women marched on the Mall, from Nasir Bagh to Punjab Assembly under the banner of Women Workers Help Line (WWHL) to celebrate the International Women Day on Monday, March 08, 2010. Despite prevailing fear among Lahorites after early morning suicidal attack on FIA building in (…)
, by AMP, LPP, Women Workers Help Line
Labour Party Pakistan and its sympathizing organizations are organizing various activities at the occasion of the International Women Day on 8 March 2010. Women Workers Help Line (WWHL), National Trade Union Federation, Anjaman Mozareen Punjab and Labour Education Foundation have announced the (…)
, by HRCP
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s (HRCP) Seminar
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is holding a seminar on ’Women’s suffering in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations’ on March 8, 2010 at 4 P.M. at its head office, 107 Tipu Block, New Garden Town, Lahore. This (…)
, by KHALIQ Bushra
Genesis of Extremism
Sixty two years ago at the time of Pakistan’s birth in 1947 as a result of partition of United India, the majority of the population in this part of the world was not fundamentalist. The state structures, though weak, nevertheless had chances to grow as a democratic (…)
, by SHEHRBANO ZIA Afiya
Just like liberal and nationalist agendas are constructed across the body politic of women, the religious right too derives its moral authority from womanhood as a signifier of its ideological commitment to preserve male-defined, religiously ordained social order
Soon after his coup in (…)
, by TARIQ Farooq
“Let’s deal with the ISI and the Pakistan military and let’s go recruit these mujahideen. Here is a very strong argument which is… it wasn’t a bad investment to end the Soviet Union but let’s be careful with what we sow… because we will harvest.” – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, April (…)
, by REHMAT David
Various Christian organizations, civil society organizations, Human Rights Organizations clergy men and Anjuman-e-Muzareen Punjab, Pakistan (AMP) and Public Educational Association for Community Excellence (PEACE) took out a rally on Tuesday in response to a call for observing a black day to (…)
, by ACPP
HOTLINE ASIA
URGENT APPEALS
UA090813 (7)
13 August 2009
SUMMARY
A sequence of attacks on Christians started on 30 July 2009 in the village of Korian, Toba Tek Singh district in Punjab, then within 3 days, spread to a nearby Christian colony in Gojra.
The carnage originated in a (…)
On Aug. 1, around three thousand violent Muslim demonstrators attacked a Christian colony in Gojra city in Punjab province and they burned 8 Christians - a 7 years old child, 4 women and 2 men - alive and injured 20 others. They put on fire the whole Christian locality in which 40 houses and 2 (…)
, by PARACHA Nadeem F.
Nadeem F. Paracha asks whether Pakistanis have lost the capability to separate the religious from the secular.
When there is talk of Islamisation, we are not just discussing Islamic laws being implemented by the state and government. What we should also study in this respect is the (…)
, by UR-REHMAN Zia
The fact “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty” proved itself true in a remote village of Dir District of North West Pakistan where the locals attacked on a stronghold of Taliban militants near Pak-Afghan bordering area last night which resulted the killing of more than a dozen (…)
, by KHALIQ Bushra
Sexual harassment at work place is a most common crime committed against women in Pakistan. Social norms and patriarchic environment encourages men to commit such crimes and compels women victims to be silent and helplessly face their perpetrators. But not all women face this social oppression (…)
, by KHALIQ Bushra
In connection with May Day, over 500 women belonging to informal sector took out a rally in Lahore, Friday, led by representatives of Women Workers Help Line. The rally started from Lahore Press club and reached at GPO Chowk after marching on the major city roads, including Abbot Road, Nisbat (…)
, by KHALIQ Bushra
The tenants’ movement is heading towards its natural peak after making unprecedented records of sacrifices and bravery for the last 9 years. Over one million tenants are in peaceful but militant struggle against the large military owned companies (Military Farms, Army Welfare Trust and Punjab (…)
The National Assembly (NA, lower house of the parliament) of Pakistan approved the Islamic sharia law regulation, which is called Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009, with majority within two hours on April 13 without any debate. This regulation will be implemented in Malakand division, especially in (…)
, by SULEHRIA Farooq
A two-minute video episode captured on a cell phone shook Pakistan when it penetrated the blogosphere and began making rounds as everybody with a mobile phone passed the footage to all the contacts in his/her phone book. The rough-and-ready footage emerged from Swat. Once a honeymoon (…)
A video, shot on a mobile phone, stirred anger in Pakistani nation in which a 17-year-old-girl Chand was being flogged by Taliban of Swat, where on Feb. 16 the provincial government of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has made a ‘deal’ with militants to bring ‘peace’ in the valley. In the (…)
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