Month: September 2012

Jirga orders execution of eloping girl

RAHIM YAR KHAN: A jirga, local council, ordered the execution of a girl who had eloped with her lover and declared as vini two girls...

Protection of women’s rights urged

HYDERABAD: Leaders of civil society have called for protection of women’s rights under the UN Security Resolution 1325 on women and urged the government to...

Misrepresenting women

By: Bina Shah RECENTLY I hosted a screening of the documentary Miss Representation at The Second Floor in Karachi. The documentary, written and produced by...

Saving Shahida

By: Bina Shah In Pakistan, there is no law that exists to specifically prevent the sexual trafficking of girls and women. This, despite the fact...