- JAMMU, India—Women living in communities in the disputed border region between India and Pakistan have been suffering for decades, though their stories often go unheard amid the clatter of diplomacy and the ongoing militancy in the region. (The Epoch Times)
- His is the most recognizable face in Pakistan yet Khan speeds unnoticed past pickup beds and rickshaws full of constituents, swerving into oncoming traffic and along the shoulder of the road. (Daily Beast)
- The fate of a Pakistani Hindu woman who claims she was kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and married against her will is to be decided this week, after weeks of campaigning by the countrys Hindu minority. (The Guardian)
- At least 943 Pakistani women and girls were murdered last year for allegedly defaming their familys honour, the countrys leading human rights group said Thursday. (YAHOO!)
- GHOTKI, Pakistan — Banditry is an old scourge in this impoverished district of southern Pakistan, on the plains between the mighty river Indus and a sprawling desert, where roving gangs rob and kidnap with abandon. (New York Times)
- They handed over six Bangladeshis, including a woman, to the security forces of India on Sunday. The Pakistan embassy had put the seal on visas between March 21 and June 20. (Times of India)
- Around 74 percent of Pakistani women from minority communities -- Christians and Hindus -- were sexually harassed, while 43 percent faced religious discrimination at workplaces in 2010 and 2011, a study said. (Deccan Herald)
- Even so, a reversal on womens rights would be a blow to Clintons legacy. (Los Angeles Times)
- A protest rally has been organized against the abductions, forced conversions and sexual slavery of Hindu and Christian women in Pakistan in Washington DC on Saturday, April 14. (Examiner)
Monday, April 9, 2012
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