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Articles with tag: sharia

Fight Hudood, Protect Women

Beena Sarwar   Mar 6, 2007   interacts: 414

Pervez Musharraf’s amendment of Pakistan’s Sharia laws represents only a partial victory against legislation that many have been fighting against for over two decades.

Hasba Bill 2005 - An Analysis

Saad Anis   Aug 13, 2005   interacts: 7

The federal government openly opposed the bill in line with its liberalist policies. Several sections of the bill have already been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Being Imrana

Zafar Anjum   Jul 12, 2005   interacts: 292

Imran’s tragedy has shaken up the redoubtable polymath Salman Rushdie, the ultimate symbol of a person suffering under a draconian fatwa, into writing a scathing attack on the Deoband fatwa and the culture of honour-and-shame prevailing in India and

From Photo Sessions to Reality

naeem sadiq   Apr 12, 2005   interacts: 17

For once the eloquent ex- City Banker Prime Minister was at a complete loss for words. He stood stunned and speechless ... after all Mukhtaran Mai was the first rape victim that the Prime Minister had ever seen or met.

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