Pakistan

Pakistan: Women's bill splits Pakistani MPs

A long-awaited bill on women's rights has been presented before Pakistan's National Assembly.

Pakistan: Criminals -- or victims of an unjust system?

If the President really wants to help women in prison, he would do well to repeal the Hudood Ordinances.

What are we to make of the President's stated commitment to women's rights, as articulated on several occasions ...

Pakistan: Musharraf helps threatened woman

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has vowed to protect a woman who faces being murdered by members of her own tribe in an honour killing.

Karo Kari, TorTora, Siyahkari, Kala Kali "There Is No Honour In Killing" National Seminar Report

Findings from the Shirkat Gah "Women, Law and Status Programme" involving broad based and systematic research into honour crimes in Punjab, North Western Frontier Province and Sindh.

Pakistan: Will the NCSW's latest recommendation to repeal the Hudood Ordinances finally put an end to the dreaded law?

The Hudood Ordinances were promulgated in 1979 by Zia-ul-Haq in his drive towards Islamisation.

Pakistan: Interview with Justice (retd.) Majida Rizvi

Justice (retd.) Rizvi is Chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women.

Politics and Power - A Gendered Perspective from South Asia

This paper by Farida Shaheed, produced for Dawn's Political Restructuring and Social Transformation Programme, outlines the spaces, strategies and contradictions arising from women's political involvement in South Asia.

Pakistan: Talibanisation provinciale au Pakistan

Une coalition islamiste a imposé la charia dans la région du nord-ouest.

Pakistan/UK: Both countries to set up bodies to assist in child custody cases

Pakistan and the United Kingdom have agreed to set up a body in each country to assist those seeking legal assistance relating to the wrongful and illegal removal of children.