Pakistan

Pakistan: Introduction of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill

The bill outlawing domestic violence passed by the National Assembly on August 4 is a step in the right direction.

Pakistan: Women Rights & Ground Realities

An investigative report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) claims that one woman is raped every hour, while another is killed on the pretext of karokari.

Pakistan: The Taliban and threats against females in Karachi

Many young women in Karachi are starting to dress more conservatively. In the past month, they have been approached by men and told to cover themselves from head to toe or stay off the streets.

Pakistan: Women's voices from inside IDP camps

Displaced families are pouring into Mardan, Swabi, Peshawar & other areas of Pakhtunkhawa. Independent media and state confirm over 1.5 million people displaced from Swat as a result of the 3rd military operation against the Taliban in less than 2 years.

Pakistan: Talibanisation of the mind

Be it warnings delivered to the medical community in NWFP to wear shalwar qameez, or reports regarding women being harassed in public spaces, there has been a surge in vigilante action being carried out by self-styled moral police, writes Babar Sattar.

Pakistan: Girls back to School in Swat

Girls in Swat have been "allowed" to go to school, but he issues a warning: they must be covered from head to toe on their way to school and back.

Pakistan: The SKSW Campaign denounces the flogging of woman in Swat

The Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women! urges the government of Pakistan to bring to justice the perpetrators of the flogging of a young woman in Swat.

Pakistan: 17-year-old's flogging by the Taliban captured in video

The Pakistani government has ordered an inquiry into the flogging of a 17-year-old woman by Taliban militants in the troubled Swat valley, after public outrage triggered by shocking video footage of the punishment.

Pakistan: les talibans flagellent une femme et filment la scène

Cela se passe dans la vallée de Swat, dans le nord-ouest du Pakistan, une zone où la charia a été adoptée en échange d'un «cessez-le-feu» d'un des chefs religieux locaux, Sufi Mohammad.

Pakistan: A climate of fear and self-censorship in the Swat valley

The fear imposed by the Taliban means that women’s rights and abuses committed by Maulana Fazlullah’s followers are being covered less and less by the local press.