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- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
To set a trap for a handful of promiscuous individuals, the Zina law has laid a minefield for women in difficult circumstances.
- Adopting
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- Nov 07, 2020
General Zia-ul-Haq, a dictator and unscrupulous political actor, used Islam as a pretext for waging war in Afghanistan and adopting an aggressive stance towards India. By advancing a more orthodox version of Islam, he was able to hold on to a repressive regime and quell any opposition.
- Few Women
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- Nov 07, 2020
There used to be very few women in prisons, but this changed with the introduction of the hudood laws.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Past experience has shown that the Islamists gain space when civilian authority weakens.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Musharraf government has declared martial law to settle scores with lawyers and judges. Hundreds of innocent Pakistanis have been rounded up. Human rights activists, including women and senior citizens, have been beaten by police. Judges have been arrested and lawyers battered in their offices and the streets.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am so proud of Pakistanis and specifically of our lawyers for speaking out and getting their heads bashed in for a better Pakistan.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are so resilient as a people. I have so much respect for their dignity and courage. I hope the world sees this side of Pakistan, one where professionals want a democracy. The spirit of our intelligentsia cannot be broken.
- Nov 07, 2020
Look at the world, all the suffering... Being under house arrest is the least I can sacrifice.
- Democratic
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believe that when there is a democratic setup, we have a greater voice.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way my father worked altruistically and the manner in which he used to go behind bars and come back home smilingly was inspirational.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even before his detention, my father was fighting many cases. He remained in jail in Multan. He remained in jail in Bannu. But we were not allowed to go see him there. We always saw him in courts. So for me, the courts were a place where you dressed up to see your father. It had a very nice feeling to it.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
We may fight terrorism through brute force, but the terror that is unleashed in the name of religion can only be challenged through moral courage.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Musharraf's government has a civilian face - there are still elections and assemblies - and he has come to believe his own propaganda that he really is a democrat.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no illusions about our elected politicians. Pakistani democracy is anything but perfect.
- Lawyers
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been very impressed with the courts we visited to see my father. The judges wearing wigs, the lawyers, the legal arguments - it was all exciting stuff for a kid.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
The state has not only the obligation to stay neutral in matters of religion but also to ensure that freedom of thought and conscience of all individuals is protected.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religiosity is suffocating in Pakistan. It invariably stokes the fire in driving society to religious extremism.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
Duplicity in matters of religion is not confined to Pakistan, but it hurts the most in societies where debate on religion is asphyxiated and preachers of hate have become keepers of faith.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every fair-minded person holding a position of authority must support the few who have stood up against the injustice being perpetrated in the name of blasphemy.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am certainly not a martyr kind of a person. I love my life. But if one has to, then there is nothing more nobler a cause that I can think of.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot bear to live where there is so much injustice and I cannot do something about it. What kind of a torturous life is that?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have protection. I have police protection. I have personal bodyguards. I have three sets of them. But believe me, this is really psychological for the family. If they want to get me, they can get me. And every time that I have been saved, it's been by coincidence.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If your people don't really believe or respect you, if you don't have the moral authority to rule, then your goose is cooked.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
Crime takes place in every country. But it becomes abuse when the state is unwilling and unable to protect the life and honour of its citizens.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In bonded labour cases, judges would ask me why I had brought those people to the courts who stank. 'You are here precisely for them,' I would respond.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, I am very unhappy, extremely anguished at human rights violations against Kashmiris in India or against Rohingyas in Burma or, for that matter, Christians in Orissa; but obviously, I am going to be more concerned of violations taking place in my own house because I am closer to the people who I live with. I have more passion for them.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
There have always been difficult situations for activists in Pakistan. In the 1960s, people fought for linguistic and ethnic rights in relation to the Bangladesh movement and the struggle of the people in the western Balochistan province.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
The interaction between human rights campaigners from Pakistan and India was a big taboo in the 1980s. When we started traveling to India to increase people-to-people contact between the two nations, we knew that we would face serious repercussions back home.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Organized groups claiming roots in religious ideologies have unleashed an all-pervasive fear of mob violence in many parts of the country.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a time that human rights was not even an issue in this country. Then prisoners' rights became an issue.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women's rights was thought of as a Western concept. Now people do talk about women's rights - political parties talk about it, even religious parties talk about it.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Agencies must know who they are accountable to. If the agencies know who they are accountable to but we cannot say who they are accountable to, then really it is a very sad situation that is bound to be misused. It is bound to affect human rights.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not easy for the courts to control the intelligence agencies. There has to be concerted and coordinated effort on part of the courts, the parliament, and the government.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
A really responsible court will never give an order it knows will not be implemented.
- Fundamental Rights
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would simply not compromise on the fundamental rights of people.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have noticed encouraging signs in the fight against religious intolerance, and I am impressed by the outstanding degree of human rights activism in India.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family has equally suffered abductions, attacks and life threats, but I have continued my struggle for justice.
- Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every religion curbs women rights to some extent. Some countries acted against religions and put a ban on wearing hijab, which was also a violation of human rights.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When General Musharraf took over, the Bar Association was among the first of some of the institutions that said they would not accept the Musharraf regime.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Attempts are being made to turn Pakistan into a security state. If they succeed they should better rename it 'ISIstan.'
- Democratically
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good or bad people can be democratically elected, but it is always easy to fight for human rights under this system.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
While speaking in the NA, one must maintain respect.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Terrorism does not disappear with revenge tactics but through making justice and equality before law a reality.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We eat, drink, and sleep religion, but we do not do good.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the Bangladesh war happened, people in Pakistan who did not support it were called unpatriotic. My father was in the jail at that time, and a lot of those who knew my family used to call us children of a traitor.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care what America and Africa think; I am only concerned that the people of this country should be saved from its Army.
- Off
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was jailed off and on for seven years.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been jailed once, put in police lock-up twice, and was under house arrest twice.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
A woman's whole life is spent making chicken curry while her husband works. Then, any time he likes, he can kick her out.
- Fish
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- Nov 07, 2020
Divorce is the cheapest thing in Pakistan. About 30 cents. Cheaper than fish and chips. I've had clients married to very rich men for 40 years, then turned out on the road with nothing.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
We never learnt the right lessons. We never went to the root of the problem. Once you start politicising religion, you play with fire and get burnt as well. Another lesson we did not learn is that Muslims are not homogenous.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
One example that has hurt me is that of Aung San Suu Kyi. I admire her a lot, but her unwillingness to protect the Rohingiya Muslims shows how intolerance has seeped into politics and the level at which it has seeped. It immobilises politicians.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1986, Pakistan got the blasphemy law. So, while we had just two cases of blasphemy before that year, now we have thousands. It shows that one should be careful while bringing religion into legislation, because the law itself can become an instrument of persecution.
- Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything is a risk in Pakistan: If you defend women, it's a risk. If you defend non-Muslims it's a risk. If you discuss religion, it's a risk. But you can't really sit there like a vegetable in your own society. And I'm committed to that society... and I feel I need to turn around and speak as I should.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose anyone who calls a dictator a dictator is 'dangerous' and 'imbalanced.'
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020