Systemic Violence Against Women Plagues Pakistan

No safe place

ALL the pen and paper in the world are insufficient to describe the pain and torture inflicted on women. In Pakistan, all flat surfaces could be covered with stories of women who have been harassed, beaten, tortured and killed. Few women in the country can claim to have lived a life free from male harassment. Today, we mourn yet another woman. Hina Javed was married to Faisal Asghar, a former professor with an alleged history of harassment, less than a year ago. She was found dead in the bath...

By [email protected] (Rafia Zakaria)