Murder, rape, beatings, insults and discrimination are constantly occurring part of life for transgender people in Pakistan. The current situation is statistically proven to be inhumane. Since 2015, 54 transgender people have been murdered and around 400 have suffered beatings, only in the KPK province. The reasons behind these hate […]
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The situation of human rights in Pakistan is highly complex, because it is an under developed country with a large population and has in place the mixture of both Islamic and secular law. The constitution of Pakistan provides laws such as freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of action, […]
In Pakistan, approximately 70% of women face sexual abuse in their life. According to a study by Human Rights Watch, there is a rape, once every two hours and a gang rape every eight. Majority of women have to experience some form of sexual abuse, wherever they are living or […]
One of the most extreme form of male dominant violence, and the topic of this particular article, is honour killing that still continues in Pakistan today. What is honour killing? To kill someone, particularly women, and to feel moral and legal righteousness to do so, by a male member of […]