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Bengali Puchka, Biryani On The Menu For Kolkata Man's Pakistani Bride
Pakistani woman Javeria Khanum who came to Kolkata to marry the man she loves is overwhelmed by the warmth and hospitality of the people here and cannot wait to savour the famed street food 'phuchka', this city's version of 'pani puri'.
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'Un-Islamic' Say Pak Lawmakers, Reject Bill To Raise Marriage Age For Girls
Pakistani lawmakers have unanimously rejected a bill aimed at increasing the minimum age for marriage of a girl from 16 to 18 years
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Pak man makes two attempts and buries baby girl alive
Pakistani police arrested a man accused of burying his new-born daughter alive because she was physically deformed, officials said Saturday. The shocking incident illustrates the sometimes extreme prejudices in Pakistan against children, especially girls that are born with any type of physical deformities. They are often seen as shameful for the f...
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Watch: Four Pak women allegedly killed for clapping and singing while men danced
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered police and government officials to fly to a mountain village to investigate whether four women were killed for clapping and singing as men danced at a wedding.
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32 years after attack, Pakistani woman gets nose
After six years of abuse, Allah Rakhi was walking out of her marriage when her husband struck again. Snatching a knife, he sliced off her nose. "You're no longer beautiful!" he shouted.
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New laws protect women from abuse in Pakistan
Azim Mai's husband allegedly threw acid in her face last year after she refused to sell their two boys to a man in Dubai to use as camel racers. The 35-year-old mother of five can no longer find work as a maid because her deeply scarred face scares potential employers.
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Necessity pushes Pakistani women into jobs and peril
Dinner at Rabia Sultana's house is now served over a cold silence. Her family has not spoken to her since May, when Ms. Sultana, 21, swapped her home life for a cashier's job at McDonald's.Her conservative brother berated Ms. Sultana for damaging the family's honor by taking a job in which she interacts with men -- and especially one that requires ...
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Bengali Puchka, Biryani On The Menu For Kolkata Man's Pakistani Bride
Pakistani woman Javeria Khanum who came to Kolkata to marry the man she loves is overwhelmed by the warmth and hospitality of the people here and cannot wait to savour the famed street food 'phuchka', this city's version of 'pani puri'.
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'Un-Islamic' Say Pak Lawmakers, Reject Bill To Raise Marriage Age For Girls
Pakistani lawmakers have unanimously rejected a bill aimed at increasing the minimum age for marriage of a girl from 16 to 18 years
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Pak man makes two attempts and buries baby girl alive
Pakistani police arrested a man accused of burying his new-born daughter alive because she was physically deformed, officials said Saturday. The shocking incident illustrates the sometimes extreme prejudices in Pakistan against children, especially girls that are born with any type of physical deformities. They are often seen as shameful for the f...
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Watch: Four Pak women allegedly killed for clapping and singing while men danced
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered police and government officials to fly to a mountain village to investigate whether four women were killed for clapping and singing as men danced at a wedding.
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32 years after attack, Pakistani woman gets nose
After six years of abuse, Allah Rakhi was walking out of her marriage when her husband struck again. Snatching a knife, he sliced off her nose. "You're no longer beautiful!" he shouted.
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New laws protect women from abuse in Pakistan
Azim Mai's husband allegedly threw acid in her face last year after she refused to sell their two boys to a man in Dubai to use as camel racers. The 35-year-old mother of five can no longer find work as a maid because her deeply scarred face scares potential employers.
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Necessity pushes Pakistani women into jobs and peril
Dinner at Rabia Sultana's house is now served over a cold silence. Her family has not spoken to her since May, when Ms. Sultana, 21, swapped her home life for a cashier's job at McDonald's.Her conservative brother berated Ms. Sultana for damaging the family's honor by taking a job in which she interacts with men -- and especially one that requires ...
