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Isn’t it weird that people in nearly all nations are free from the tyrannical oppression except for the women folk in PAKISTAN. I fail to understand what makes members of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an Islamic political party of Pakistan, put pressure on the women. What will be their problem if the native women will experience [...]
On Friday at George Washington University, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf stated that at any cost he would get the Women’s Protection Bill passed by the parliament. He further said that since the past one month, there is a debate over the issue in the National Assembly and he is positive about the outcome but if [...]
Uzma Saeed is a Legal Activist in Lahore. She is working on a legislative watch programme, urging Parliamentarians, media and political parties to raise awareness regarding the Hudood laws. Her aim is to abolish the law because it has been created keeping men on a safer alter and it would be instrumental in subjugating women [...]
While addressing the third Asian Women Entrepreneur Eid Fair, Commerce and Water Resource Minister, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed asserted that women entrepreneurs play a very important part in the financial growth of the country. Representatives from Pakistan, France and European Union were present at the inaugural session. While women entrepreneurs from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Iran and [...]
The Daily Times have stated that Afghans who are residing in 18 camps in the north western Kohat and Hangu districts of Pakistan have declined to register themselves as refugees because they are not in favour of male photographers clicking their female relatives snaps. On the other hand, some are demanding for a lady photographer [...]
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said that its government is looking forward to pass more legislation to protect women’s rights. He said that PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had proposed the draft of another bill with the National Assembly Secretariat that dealt with the issue. He further said that the government was discussing laws regarding [...]
Some of the so-called ‘conservative Islamic lawmakers’ of Pakistan stormed out of the parliament in response to the controversial bill regarding rape and adultery. The bill has been passed by the lower house of the parliament according to which, women are not entitled to procure four male witnesses for proving that they were sexually assaulted. [...]
Women lawyers led by Mussarat Hillali, S. Naz Mohammadzai and Shehnaz Hameed Khattak, staged a rally in response to the acceptance of the Hasba bill and insisted the NWFP governor not to sign it. They also offered a memorandum at the Governor’s House. The lawyers are not in favor to pass the bill, as it [...]
As we are still hankering for women’s reservation bill, recent statistics postulates that India does not fare as good as its neighbors in South Asia in women’s representation in the national legislatures especially with Pakistan and Bangladesh. According to Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of State for Women and Child Development, India guarantees 8.3% of seats for [...]
In a women’s forum, President Pervez Musharraf assured to empower women, provide them more opportunities and end injustices against them. On the issue of the Women’s Protection Law which was violently opposed by conservatives, he said, ‘I congratulate the entire nation that an aggressively progressive bill has been passed’. He asserted that very soon his [...]
