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2019-06-22 India-Pakistan

Pakistan to set up special courts to tackle violence against women

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Pakistain is to set up more than 1,000 courts dedicated to tackling violence against women, the country’s top judge announced on Wednesday, seeking to tackle a problem activists say the criminal justice system has long neglected.

Asif Saeed Khosa said the special courts would allow victims to speak out without fear of retaliation in the conservative Moslem country, where domestic violence is often seen as taboo.

Pakistain sees thousands of cases of violence against women every year, from rape and acid attacks to sexual assault, kidnappings and so-called honor killings.

"We are going to have 1,016 gender-based violence courts across Pakistain, at least one such court apiece in every district," Khosa said in an address to fellow judges broadcast on national television.

"The atmosphere of these courts will be different from other courts so that complainants can speak their heart without any fear," he said.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistain, an independent watchdog, reported at least 845 incidents of sexual violence against women in its 2018 report.

There were no comparative figures and the Commission had previously said violence against women went largely unreported, particularly in rural areas, where poverty and stigma prevented victims from speaking out.

The country was ranked sixth most dangerous for women in a Thomson Rooters Foundation a survey of global experts last year.

The new courts will operate in existing courthouses, but will hold domestic violence hearings separately from other cases to enable victims to testify in confidence.

A pilot court of this kind was opened in 2017 in Punjab, Pakistain’s most populous province.

Posted by Fred 2019-06-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 are those "courts" or schools of higher education to teach the more advanced techniques?

Posted by AlanC 2019-06-22 08:02|| 2019-06-22 08:02|| Front Page Top

#2 An Islamic guide on how to beat your wife

Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-22 10:02|| 2019-06-22 10:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Interesting bit of news. According to the pakistani bureaucratic grapevine, the PM elect is a ~~whipped~~doting husband, and his current wife is also his 'spiritual mentor'.

Bushra Bibi was a known ~~bruja~~faith healer and spiritualist, treating and counseling Imran Khan through a tumultuous time in his previous marriage and the elections. It is said that she dictates many of his domestic policies and does not like her inputs being undervalued.

Sources in the 'Stain also stake their hard earned ill-repute on the information that Bushra Maneka Khan is an avid practitioner of the black arts and herself claims to be in control of djinns (yupp!). She went by the name of Pinky Pir(seer) before her marriage, and aided her murid (follower) Imran Khan in his rise in pak politics. He is also supposed to wear clothes and amulets selected and blessed by her everyday. And there's a special wall in her house through which she consults the djinn.

Truth is she's a fundamentalist with a difference. She seeks to bring women's liberation to pakistain and increase participation in legislation for women. Also, a number of measures are being taken against patriarchal islamist committees and mullah groups that have so far lorded it over women in the 'Stain. Reporting and accounting of police failures in rape and acid attack cases has also increased considerably. There is an unsaid rule to deal severely with men arrested for sexual or dowry violence. I think it could all be coming from the Pak first lady herself.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-22 10:47|| 2019-06-22 10:47|| Front Page Top

#4 It would be nice if she could effect some positive change in that benighted country, Dron66046. Goodness knows nobody else has been able to.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-06-22 21:44|| 2019-06-22 21:44|| Front Page Top

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