Archive for June 8th, 2010

The Criminal Law Amendment Bill, drafted by women activists, was introduced in the house last year by then information minister Sherry Rehman, who won plaudits from both sides of the house. However, as you would expect, no such plaudits were forthcoming from male politicians and Islamists, who railed against it.

“Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or how ye will…” - Qur’an, 2:223

It’s All In The Book, of course. But Pakistani women have clearly had enough of sex-pest Pakistani men. Good for them:

Life for a woman in Karachi is becoming increasingly difficult as they are repeatedly accosted by men who think they are call girls.

Countless men stop their cars on the road whenever they see a lone woman standing at a bus stop or walking towards it. Lewd stares, catcalls and crude remarks have become a common phenomenon for women here. Read the rest of this entry »