Iftikhar Hussain As the world marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, three women workers on an anti-polio campaign were gunned down in the southwestern city of Quetta, in what appears to be another challenge in Pakistan’s growing list of women’s rights issues. Pakistani women are already up against high odds: […]
Violence against Women; Pakistani women strugles with their own odds
Posted November 26th, 2014 at 7:09 pm (UTC+0)
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Four Sentenced to Death in Pakistan in ‘Honor Killing’
Posted November 26th, 2014 at 3:34 pm (UTC+0)
Iftikhar Hussain, Sadia Qasim Shah, Riaz Hussain A Pakistani court sentenced four men to death Wednesday for the murder of a female relative in what the murderers considered an “honor killing.” The crime was well-documented: The victim, Farzana Iqbal, was beaten to death outside a courthouse where she tried to seek protection from her relatives, […]
