What is in the Womens Rights Bill

Posted on November 24, 2006
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Guest Post by Umera Ali Women Protection Bill, 2006 (“WPB”) has finally passed, in an overwhelming majority vote, by the Pakistani Senate. MMA in a last attempt to make WPB ineffective suggested 17 amendments, which were all rejected by the Senators. Having already been cleared by the National Assembly, the only thing left, procedurally, for […]

Guru Nanak’s Birth Anniversary Celebrated

Posted on November 6, 2006
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Adil Najam More than 10,000 Sikh yatrees from India, Europe and North America converged on Nankana Sahib on Sunday to celebrate the 538th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, and the first of its ten Gurus. This was reportedly the largest Sikh gathering at Nankana Sahib since 1947. Earlier in […]

Diwali Celebration: Pakistan Muslim League Style

Posted on October 31, 2006
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Adil Najam Ordinarily, I might have just posted this photograph below as a comment on yesterday’s post on Diwali celebrations in Karachi (also here). But please, just look at the people in this photograph; its way too interesting to be relegated to a comments section. The occasion is a Diwali celebration at the Islamabad Headquarters […]

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