July 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Women Democratic Front (WDF) and Aurat Azadi March (AAM) organised a protest on Sunday at Islamabad Press Club to mourn and condemn the brutal murders of Noor Mukadam, Qurat ul Ain Buledi and Saima Ali, and also extend condolences and solidarity to the families and friends of the deceased.
Members of WDF and AAM expressed deep sorrow and condemned these barbaric murders in the strongest possible terms, while communicating their deepest sympathies over the losses of the grieving families and friends.
WDF and AAM collectively called for an end to the rising âfemicideâ in Pakistan, as women were seen protesting for their lives, and expressing their feelings of anger, devastation and anguish over the recent murders. Feminist organisers at the protest rejected the cultural, social norms and structural asymmetries that exacerbate patriarchal violence in Pakistan, and believed them to be the causal factors for harmful practices resulting in violence ta
In 1990, my younger brother Babar was tortured in police custody. It happened in Lahore after his arrest in another city. In the middle of the day, on a very busy road he was dragged into a police vehicle by a large contingent of uniformed men. No warrant was shown. No explanation was given.
A student of Aitchison College and a sportsperson, Babar took great pride in his horsemanship and ability to excel at most outdoor activities.
When the Punjab police tortured my brother, my father was serving as a very well-connected, high-level bureaucrat in Lahore, and my older brother was a recent entrant in civil service.
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The latest row involves the Domestic Violence (Protection and Prevention) Bill, 2021, tabled by Civil Rights Minister Shireen Mazari in April 2021.
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The bill seeks to criminalize wife-beating. It also seeks redress for other victims of domestic abuse, including those suffering verbal abuse, physical abuse, threats of abandonment, and threats of second marriage as polygamy is permitted in Pakistan.
Retrogressive forces, however, have sought to review the bill with the express purpose of determining its accordance with sharia law as applied in Pakistan. The bill has been returned to the lower legislative body after being defeated by one vote in the senate.
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