"In countries such as Pakistan and Iran, and to a lesser extent in parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Tanzania…"

"A study published in June 2006 in the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, based on interviews with 300 women…"

"The number of incidents of violence against women increased by 13 per cent in 2009, says a report by the Aurat Founda…"

"PAKISTAN HAS the unique distinction of being the only South Asian country where it’s legal to discriminate against wo…"

"I’ll do everything I can to discourage polygamy—besides it causes no small economic problem. Often the wives are sepa…"

"It has been estimated that 1,000 women and girls from religious minorities are abducted, forcibly converted and then …"

"Clerics were gaining influence everywhere: In the bureaucracy, civil servants sought promotions with overt expression…"

"No one really knows how many thieves had their hands amputated, perhaps none; or how many people were flogged during …"

"The right to life of women (in Pakistan) … is conditional on their obeying social norms and traditions."

"The first thought a Western woman has when she arrives in a rigorously Muslim country like Pakistan is that she appea…"