BBC News Pakistan’s six-party opposition Islamic alliance is threatening a campaign of countrywide protests over amendments to the country’s strict rape laws. The MMA alliance says its members will resign from national and provincial assemblies after MPs voted that rape should no longer fall under Sharia law. President Pervez Musharraf in a television speech said…
The following account is from a New York-based physician deployed by Virtue Foundation to visit Mukhtar Mai and render medical assistance and supplies to children in the hospitals and shelters Mukhtar has established in her village with the compensation money she received
On May 2nd, 2006, Ms. Mukhtar Mai will return to New York to speak at The United Nations. CNN Anchor Soledad O’Brien presents a special in-depth interview with Mukhtar Mai, the remarkable rape survivor who has emerged as an international spokesperson on women’s rights in Pakistan. Honored as “Woman of the Year” by Glamour, Mai…
Apr. 26, 2006 Washington Mukhtar Mai, who is here to receive a number of awards, was hosted at a well-attended reception at the Pakistan embassy on Monday evening. “My slogan is to end oppression through education,” Mai said in brief remarks on the occasion. She thanked the embassy, particularly Ambassador Jehangir Karamat, for inviting her….
United Nations: Pakistan gang rape victim Mukhtaran Mai is likely to speak at the United Nations soon, as the world’s body is said to be in touch with the non-governmental organisation “Virtue Foundation” for fixing a date with her, a UN spokesman said. Earlier, on January 20 Mai was scheduled to make an appearance at…
[…] Question: Can you put on the record the latest on why [Mukhtar Mai of Pakistan] was not allowed to speak here on Friday. Was it a mistake? Spokesman: It was a very unfortunate incident. The decision to cancel the event was taken within the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Section of the Department of Economic and…
By BRADLEY BROOKS Associated Press Writer (FindLaw) (AP) – UNITED NATIONS-A Pakistani woman who has gained global attention by speaking out about her gang rape ordered by tribal leaders will be invited back to speak at the U.N. after an initial appearance was quashed by Pakistani officials. Mukhtar Mai was scheduled to speak at the…
By WARREN HOGE The New York Times UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 20 – Mukhtar Mai, the Pakistani woman whose defiant response to being gang-raped by order of a tribal court brought her worldwide attention, was denied a chance to speak at the United Nations on Friday after Pakistan protested that it was the same day the…
By Evelyn Leopold Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations, under pressure from Pakistani diplomats, barred an interview with a rape victim from Pakistan while the country’s prime minister was at U.N. headquarters, her sponsors said on Friday. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told a news conference he was unaware of the controversy and had…
CNN Anchor Soledad O’Brien presents a special in-depth interview with Mukhtar Mai, the remarkable rape survivor who has emerged as an international spokesperson on women’s rights in Pakistan. Honored as “Woman of the Year” by Glamour, Mai was gang raped in 2002 on the orders of a panchayat or tribal court as retribution for an…