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Situation of women, girls in Pakistan is critical: Report
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In the southern province of Sindh, which is home to nearly 90 per cent of the Hindu minority group, forced conversions to Islam of kidnapped Hindu girls and their subsequent forced weddings to Muslim men--usually to the abductors--are quite common, reported HRWF.
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Pakistan constantly performs poor on gender equality: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Ingrained practices towards women within the Pakistani culture are often those of oppression, possession, objectification and use as bargaining tools (for example, made to marry in families with ongoing disputes as a peace offering and conflict resolution mechanism).
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Pakistan: Armed men rape girl in Islamabad's park
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The incident took place Thursday night when two armed men approached the victim at a park in F-9, who was there with her male colleague, according to the first information report (FIR).
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Lawlessness, illiteracy reasons for 'honour killings' in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Pakistani newspaper said of the 417 people, 152 were men and 265 were women. Around 152 incidents of honour killings were reported in Punjab province. Sindh stood second with 96 cases.
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Pakistan SC judge fumes over worsening security situation in country
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 25 (ANI): Taking swipe at the failed security architecture in Pakistan, a Supreme Court judge questioned whether negotiations are being made with the terrorists and regretted that law against honour killings are not being implemented, media reports said.
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Honour killings continue to haunt Pakistani women
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): The narrow-mindedness of Pakistani society towards its women continues to exhibit itself in the form of brutal killings in the name of honour. Even women of Pakistani origin staying abroad are not spared.
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Pakistan's condition appalling with regards to empowering women: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 9 (ANI): Pakistan's hierarchical and patriarchal society has a long way to go with regards to women's empowerment and addressing crimes against women, a media report said on Tuesday.
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Pakistan witnesses alarming rise in honour killing cases: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 5 (ANI): Pakistan is witnessing an alarming rise in the number of honour killings as it claims 176 lives last year, mostly including women, local media reported citing the Sindh Suhai Sath, a non-governmental organisation.
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Woman shot dead over honour in Pakistan's Peshawar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], December 8 (ANI): The so-called honour killings in Pakistan continue to plague the nation with the latest being an incident where a woman was shot dead outside the judicial complex in Peshawar.
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Couple killed for 'honour' in Pakistan's KP province
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Charsadda [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): So-called 'honour' killings in Pakistan continue to plague the nation, the latest victim of the crime is a couple killed in the Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Honour killings continue in Pakistan as man brutally killed after asking f
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): So-called honour killings in Pakistan continue to plague the nation, the latest victim being a man in Gujranwala, who was killed for expressing a desire to marry a woman and asking her family for her hand.
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Sindh Human Rights Commission takes notice of honour killings, child labou
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dadu [Pakistan], April 8 (ANI): Human rights violations were taken note of in a public hearing held at Darbar Hall of Dadu Deputy Commissioner's Office on Tuesday by Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chairperson retired Justice Majida Rizvi.
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