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Posts published in “Day: May 7, 2015

Compromise reached: Jirga retracts ‘decree’ barring women’s suffrage in G-B

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, May 07, 2015 GILGIT: A controversial ‘decree’ barring women in Darel Valley from voting in legislative assembly elections in Gilgit-Baltistan was retracted on Wednesday. As a result, women will be allowed to vote for the very first time in Darel. The decision was taken on Wednesday after Darel AC Samiullah Farooqi assured community elders that separate polling booths for women will be established where only women will be…