Pakistan-Women, Conversion, Marriage-Vulnerabilities-Court Order
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: May 22, 2006
In Pakistan, an Unusual Court Ruling
It had all the elements of a mega TV serial — love, a runaway marriage, a first wife, parents with connections in high places, and to top it all, a religious divide and a courtroom drama. But the The manner in which the court resolved the drama has raised Neelam, a 21-year-old Hindu from The father Last Standing beside her was her father, Misri Ludhani, a The court ordered that Neelam be “Maybe not exactly the same standard as she was used to in her The Waving aside The secretary-general of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission, Even if a woman had been Although Neelam had declared she was voluntarily converting to “[The court order] underlines the vulnerability of the In recent months, the issue of Describing the court ruling as “very unusual” and “very “It appears that the Supreme Court has Aside The Ms. Babar said the case also sent out hope to women that There was one Following the court ruling in her favour, Neelam told journalists Source: The Hindu. |
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