Pakistan

Pakistan: Thinking aloud - politics, elections and God by Razi Azmi

Religion and politics make for a very lethal combination, not just for others but also for the very society in which this occurs.

Pakistan: Cultural Cruelties: Confronting honour killings

The Pakistan government bulldozed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2004 against “honour killings” in the National Assembly and adopted it on 26 October 2004 without any debate amidst opposition walkout.

Pakistan: No compromise on murder

Murder by any other name still smells foul. It is still murder.

Pakistan: Women urged to condemn Iraqi abductors

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan condemned the kidnapping of two French journalists by terrorists in Iraq and urged Muslim women to raise their voice against such attacks.

Pakistan: Change slow to come for Pakistani women

City dwellers now enjoy new freedoms, but in rural areas old rules still apply.

Pakistan: Women's Commission Recommends Change in Clause 10 of Citizenship Act

The Commission on the Status of Women had reviewed the Citizenship Act, and recommended that the language should be changed from being exclusively male.

Pakistan: Seminar on Hudood Laws and other Discriminatory Laws Against Women & Minorities in Pakistan

Twenty-five years back, in the process of Islamization of the society, Hudood Laws were promulgated in Pakistan by the military ruler Gen. Zia ul Haq and Islamic Shariah was imposed by enforcing Islamic punishments in the form of "Hadd."

Pakistan: Tribal clashes over Maher and Almani marriage

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan fact finding mission.

Pakistan: Pakistan Government Gives Women Job Jolt

The Pakistan government's move to abolish five percent reservation for women in government jobs has evoked sharp criticism from activists and the opposition, which, recently introduced a bill demanding an increase in job reservations for them.

Pakistan: Women's Commission Recommends Qisas Law Be Amended

The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), after reviewing the Qisas and Diyat Ordinance (Act II of 1997) and the concept of justice in Islam, declared that honour killings and all other sorts of victimisation of women have no link with Islam.