Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

Eight Charged Over Pakistani Liberal Student’s Lynching

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Eight Pakistanis involved in the mob lynching of a fellow university student over his liberal views were charged with murder and terrorism on Saturday, court officials said, as condemnation grew. Mashal Khan, a journalism student, was stripped, beaten, shot, and thrown from the second floor of his hostel at the Abdul Wali Khan university in … Read more

Pakistani Men Can Now “Lightly Beat” Their Wives Who Decline Sex or Refuse to Wear What Their Mates Prefer

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One of Pakistan’s powerful governing bodies, the Council of Islamic Ideology, has put together a 160-page draft that recommends that husbands should be able to beat their wives “lightly” if they decline sex or refuse to wear their chose of clothes. The Council of Islamic Ideology’s (CII) chairman, Muhammad Kahn Sherani, told the Express-Tribune newspaper: … Read more