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Pakistan: Hudood Ordinance, Rape Laws and Extremism

Written byNeha Viswanathan
Posted 16 November 2006 19:15 GMT

jamalsadik.com on the Hudood Ordinance – the rape law that antagonized rape victims, and the repealing of this act in Pakistan. “Well it only took them about 30 years, but the Pakistani Government finally had enough with this nonsense. Perhaps Musharraf was getting embarrassed when it would come up over cocktails with other world leaders.”

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