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Two separate incidents involving yet more grisly cases of so-called ’honour’ crimes provide further — albeit extremely distressing — proof of the fact that this barbaric phenomenon is still very much alive and well in Pakistani society and culture. They also remind us that the passage of (…)
, by SAYEED Saad
Finally, seven years into his rule, General Musharraf has changed one of the most repulsive laws enacted by Ziaul Haq. Women no longer need to produce four witnesses when filing rape charges or fear they might in turn be convicted of adultery. However, the Women’s Protection Bill (WPB) has (…)
, by JAHANGIR Asma
Zina [all sex outside marriage] remains an offence but the procedure for its complaint has been made stricter and those making an accusation of rape cannot be punished for zina. Thus, false accusations of zina will dramatically drop.
The myth that the Hudood Ordinances cannot be touched (…)
, by Daily Times (Pakistan), Dawn (Pakistan)
PESHAWAR: Governor urged not to sign Hasba bill
Dawn By Bureau report
PESHAWAR, Nov 19: The All Pakistan Minorities’ Alliance has urged the NWFP governor not to give assent to the Hasba bill. The alliance’s chairman Shehbaz Bhatti led a protest demonstration against the bill at the press (…)
, by UR-REHMAN Zia, Women’s Action Forum
Women’s Action Forum thanks anti-Hudood activists and Reiterates demands for total repeal of Huddod Orinance
Daily Times, November 19, 2006
LAHORE: The Women’s Action Forum (WAF) has thanked the political parties and individuals who advocated the amendment of Hudood laws and praised those (…)
, by Dawn (Pakistan)
THE fate of the Protection of Women Bill continues to hang in the balance. The bill was introduced by the government in the National Assembly more than two months ago to bring about amendments in the Hudood Ordinances. These were ostensibly designed to do away with the provisions which make (…)
, by REHMAN Sherry
When the military regime in Pakistan introduced its draft of the women’s bill in Parliament, many progressive forces that had been pushing for the repeal of the infamous Hudood Ordinances imposed by Zia-ul-Haq saw an opportunity to effect change for women in Pakistan.
The regime had a (…)
, by MUSTAFA Zubeida
TWENTY-FIVE years ago, Fehmida and Allahbakhsh were awarded 80 lashes and death by stoning respectively by a Karachi court under the Hudood ordinances. In reaction to this savage sentence, the Women’s Action Forum was born to fight against the oppression of women.
Launched by seventeen (…)
, by Dawn (Pakistan), JAN Sadaqat, TAYLOR Jerome
WOMEN’S BILL FIASCO
DawnSeptember 13, 2006Editorial
FAR from having the women’s rights bill passed and adding a feather to its cap, the government seems to have created an utter mess as much for itself as for the original and basically sound idea of amendments to the Hudood ordinances. That (…)
, by Reuters
Islamabad: Pakistani women activists deplored yesterday a government decision to give in to religious conservatives opposed to the amendment of Islamic laws dealing with rape and adultery.
The laws, which make a rape victim liable for prosecution for adultery if she cannot produce four (…)
, by Asian Centre for Human Rights
Today, 13th September 2006, the government of Pakistan is scheduled to present the revised draft of the Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2006 before the Parliament. On 11 September 2006, the government had to defer a vote on the proposed bill, which seeks to amend the (…)
, by HRCP
LAHORE: The latest compromise made by the government with respect to amendments in the Hudood laws is nothing more than a joke.
HRCP expresses its acute disappointment that the rights of women have been dealt with in so cavalier a fashion.
The so-called Women’s Protection Bill is a (…)
, by Dawn (Pakistan)
ISLAMABAD: (Aug 28, 2006) Highlighting different lacunas and legal and procedural flaws in Hudood Ordinances (HO) from religious and human rights perspective, the speakers called its repeal in totality. Terming some of the proposed amendments as positive and progressive, some of the speakers (…)
The apparent understanding reached between the treasury and opposition benches on August 24 for amending the Pakistan Citizenship Act of 1951 to free it from existing gender biases is welcome but it still goes to underline the blatant discrimination that the women of this country have to (…)
, by EBRAHIM Zofeen T.
KARACHI, Jul 19 (IPS) - While a Presidential fiat grants bail to 1,300 females facing trial for various offences, it is unlikely to permanently benefit those charged with adultery under Pakistan’s notorious religious-based ’hudood’ laws — long criticised by rights groups as being (…)
, by REHMAN I. A.
ABOUT a score of laws have been amended through extraordinary methods over the last few weeks. One measure has been widely hailed and another strongly resented while the rest of the changes have been received with customary indifference. This is something to be regretted because the (…)
, by UR-REHMAN Zia
KARACHI, A demonstration was arranged by Different NGOs and Civil Society Organizations, demanding the government to completely repeal the Hudood Ordinance, in front of Karachi Press Club on July 10. In which a large number of women participated. The protesters were carrying banners and (…)
, by ABKT, ASAD Haleem
Two couple were shot dead in the name of “Honor” in District Dir during the second weak of Jun 2006. well informed sources said that dead bodies of Uzma D/O Hamidullah aged 16 years and her husband Shabir S/O Yaqoob Khan aged 25 were brought from Gujranwala (Punjab) to Munjai Dir Lower an June (…)
, by Dawn (Pakistan)
By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, July 9: Speakers at a demonstration demanded of the government to completely abolish the Hudood ordinances instead of making amendments.
The demonstration was jointly organised on Sunday by the women wing of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum and Actionaid, while (…)
, by SHAH Nafisa
The recent apex court’s judicial activism on exchange of girls to settle disputes is rather dramatic. Perhaps for another few months, the chiefs, and the tribal elders will think before mediating marriage disputes. But very soon, life will normalise, and exchanging girls for an odd (…)
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