Editorial in Dawn, Sept 7th, 2023SHOCKING details about a series of assaults, reportedly committed at a Karachi school, point to the ugly fact that sexual predators often operate in society while hiding behind the veneer of ‘respectability’. According to police, the owner/principal of a school located in the metropolis’s Gulshan-i-Hadeed area is accused of assaulting numerous women, and filming the crimes to blackmail the victims. The suspect would allegedly lure the women by offering them…
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Anadolu Agency report, Sept 7, 2023 at 9:46 AMA delegation of Muslim scholars from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) reminded Afghanistan’s interim Taliban government on Wednesday that education is an “Islamic obligation for both men and women.” They discussed the issue with Afghan Minister of Education Mawlawi Habibullah Agha and Minister of Higher Education Mawlawi Nida Muhammad Nadim in the capital Kabul, said a statement by the OIC. “During the meetings, both sides stressed…
Report in Dawn, Sept 6th, 2023LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday denied Sarwar Road police further physical remand of PTI women including fashion designer Khadija Shah, Sanam Javed, Tayyaba Ambreen, former MNA Alia Hamza and 77 other suspects in the corps commander house attack case. The investigating officer produced the suspects before the court and requested it to extend their physical remand to complete the investigation. However, the defence lawyers opposed further remand, saying nothing…
AFP report, Sept 5, 2023PARIS: France received on Monday five Afghan women “threatened by the Taliban” after repeated requests it creates a humanitarian corridor for women shut out of public life, an official said. Since returning to power in August 2021, Taliban authorities have imposed a strict interpretation of Islam, with women bearing the brunt of laws the United Nations has labelled “gender apartheid”. Women and girls have been banned from attending high school and…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, August 27, 2023The Taliban administration, disregarding the international outrage stemming from the “oppressive” restrictions imposed on the lives, work, and education of women in Afghanistan, has continued to intensify these limitations. In the latest instance, as per the directive of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of the Taliban, women are not allowed to visit Band-e-Amir’s attractions. Khalid Hanafi, the acting Minister of…
AFP in Dawn, August 25th, 2023KABUL: Dozens of Afghan women granted scholarships to study in the United Arab Emirates have been blocked from leaving Afghanistan, one of the women said on Thursday, following outcry from their Emirati sponsor. Laila, 22, was one of around 30 women who had been sponsored to study in the UAE by prominent Emirati businessman Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, but were stopped from departing on their flights from Kabul airport on…
report in The Express Tribune, August 23, 2023LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed on Tuesday its deep concerns over the lack of transparency surrounding the detention of women associated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) since May 9, riots. In a press release, the HRC said that more than three months had passed since the PTI supporters were arrested but it was still not clear how many women were currently in jail. It…
report in Khaama Press online, Aug 11, 2023Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned the imposition of restrictions placed upon women in Afghanistan. In a recent report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) highlighted that Afghan women have been deprived of their fundamental rights to education, employment, and social participation ever since the Taliban took power. “Over the past two years, Taliban authorities have denied women and girls their rights to education, work, movement, and assembly. The Taliban have…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, August 1st, 2023WASHINGTON: US officials held their first wide-ranging talks, since the 2021 pullout from Kabul, with representatives of the Afghan Taliban in Doha, Qatar, to discuss economic issues, security, and women’s rights, both sides confirmed on Monday. The talks also focused on returning assets of the Afghan central bank that were frozen in the United States after the Taliban takeover of Kabul in Aug 2021. “On July 30 and…
Report in The Island, July 15, 2023Muslim Personal Law Reforms Action Group (MPLRAG) on Friday (14) alleged that Muslim MPs continued to thwart attempts made to amend the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA) to protect the rights of women and children. MPLRAG said in a letter dated 8 June 2023, 18 Muslim MPs had submitted recommendations in response to the Draft Bill on MMDA Reforms to Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe. Issuing a press…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, July 6, 2023Beauty Salon in Kabul-Afghanistan/Photo/Associated Press.Over 60,000 women will lose their jobs due to the closing of all women’s beauty parlours and hairdressing salons across Afghanistan. Sources in the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry have told the BBC that closing all women’s beauty parlours/hairdressing salons will leave around 60,000 women unemployed nationwide. The source said on the condition of anonymity that there are 3,100 women’s beauty…