To Margaret Hassan, It Matters For those who appear to have taken my piece the wrong way - I am not at all trying to justify the plight of Margaret Hassan, merely pointing out that it is US aggression and heavy-handedness that has led to the breakdown of law & order, leading to this kidnapping spree. I don`t believe the kidnappers can escape responsibility for their actions, but those who have attacked Iraq on false pretexes must also shoulder their share of the blame.

Re: Afghanistan - in some ways certainly it is better off, and the situation there is different from Iraq. Perhaps I should not have mentioned them in the same breath, but to me, the connection is that in both countries, US bombings have caused horrific civilian casualties and breakdowns in infrastructure. These in turn have only enraged more people, turned increasing numbers against `the West`, and enabled them to take advantage of the prevailing lawlessness - and it is the ordinary Iraqis, and people like Margaret Hassan who are paying the price.

I stand corrected on Robin Cook - that sentence should have read: ``There is already fierce opposition to this in Britain, including by former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, then Cabinet Minister and Leader of the House of Commons, who resigned from the government in protest against Britain’s involvement in what he, along with millions of protestors around the world, saw as an unjustified invasion.``

A Wedding Night in Boston... Enjoyed this highly readable and well written piece immensely!

The Price of Love Update on this case is, unfortunately as Saman Khan predicted, the girl`s father did get his way. Unable to withstand the pressure (she`d been beaten up, locked up, and forced into a nikkah with her cousin), she eventually told `Kalam` to leave her alone, and he has given up the case. Unless the two of them are willling to fight it out, there`s nothing anyone on the outside can do, sadly. Re: mshergill`s question - lots of links to hudood ordinance articles, including on this site; I provided some links in a previous interact here.
beena

The Forgotten 54 and More http://www.dawn.com/2004/10/15/letted.htm#3

`Forgotten POWs`

Your Oct 2 editorial ``Forgotten POWs``, referring to a letter from the daughter of an Indian army officer, was apt and a humane reminder of the senseless stand taken by the governments of Pakistan and India.

The release of two Indian soldiers taken prisoner during the Kargil conflict is a welcome move which also underscores the emotional plight of relatives of those described as `missing`, `deserter` or `declared dead` Indian or Pakistan soldiers.

The letter also claims that ``at least 54 Indian POWs are still languishing in jails in Pakistan since 1971 and some could be in prison on the Indian side too`` (hoping against hope). But the ``official positions do not tell the whole story`` raises hopes among the kith and kin of the long lost (forgotten) souls.

A critical point you have raised is that ``both (India and Pakistan) may not want to touch a sensitive issue by publicly admitting the presence of POWs``. To overcome the apparent embarrassment (diplomatic denial), the Pakistan-India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) has evolved a process.

Two committees for peace and reconciliation were set up by the sixth joint convention held in Karachi (December last). A meeting of the joint committee (India and Pakistan) was held during the 10 years of celebration on Sept 5 in Lahore.

Relevant to the forgotten POWs ``it was decided to adopt as a priority issue the identification of Indian prisoners in Pakistan and Pakistan prisoners in India. Two sub-committees were set up to take the responsibility for extensive investigation and compiling the list of such prisoners within a timeframe ranging from three to six months.

The process is on in India and Pakistan and hopefully by the end of this year there will be solid evidence to this effect. The seventh joint convention of PIPFPD is to be held in February 2005 in Delhi where concrete steps will be taken to resolve this agonizing issue.

DR S. HAROON AHMED

Co-convener, Peace and Reconciliation Committee, PIPFPD, Karachi

The Dragon’s Teeth Interesting interacts, as usual. I like Amit`s point in #37, about religion and nationalism. On a slightly different tack, wanted to share an email I got from Israel after my piece was published in The News, Pakistan, and my response to it, below. beena

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Dear Mr. Sarwar (sic)
I am a daily reader of your excellent newspaper.
Permit me to make some remarks and corrections to your latest article “The dragon’s teeth” – 03-10-2004.
To quote:
In the occupied territories of Palestine, where a father tried in vain to protect his young son from Israeli bullets, and where an American-made bulldozer crushed the life out of young Rachel Corrie, daily indignities continue to feed resistance, contributing to a continuing spiral of violence.
a. If you observe the terrible picture of Mohammad al–Durra before being killed, you will see the father taking cover behind his son (between the wall and the young boy). May I suggest you to read the article published in the June 2003 edition of The Atlantic Monthly “Who shot Mohammad al–Durra (of course that is another Zionist propaganda).
b. Young Rachel Corrie should not be before a bulldozer (not in Israel, not in England, nor in Pakistan). Normally a bulldozer operates with a person “on the ground” directing the bulldozer’s movement, in this particular case this was not possible, since behind Ms. Corrie there were Palestinian gunmen using her as a “living shield” – we are sorry for an unnecessary life taken – but she can blame only herself.
You should not minimize what happened in Sialkot, by saying “a man carrying a briefcase walks into a mosque and blows himself up, killing “several” others in the process – the latest report was - 30 killed.
The so-called ‘war on terror’, a knee-jerk response initiated by the world’s sole superpower to the horrific attack on its soil on September 11, 2001- so was perhaps the Pakistani operation in Wana.
Quote –
The attack and the flawed logic of a ‘preemptive attack’ provided Washington with an excuse to flex its muscles and try out new weaponry, much of which would classify as weapons of mass destruction.
In every war - you try out new weaponry, organization and tactics – how about reading some articles on the Pakistani (and Israel) defence industries published in the Defence Journal (an excellent military monthly) – are the weapons produced for peace?
Quote –
They reflected the multiplicity that is ``‘murca``, they belonged to all faiths - including Judaism (notwithstanding the preposterous and widespread rumour about 4000 Jews not attending work in the twin towers that day).
I agree that we of Jewish fate have some warped minds too (Baruch Goldberg who killed 26 Palestinians at prayers in Hebron) - but nothing like what goes on in Pakistan – Quetta, Sialkot and the list is long.
Thank you for mentioning the widespread rumour – that was another lie from the Arabic (and vitriolic) mind.
Quote –
But it also gave a cue to other governments on how to deal with their own internal demons, from Moscow and New Delhi, to Jerusalem and Islamabad.
How true!
I more than agree with you when you stated -
They did not develop their warped mindsets overnight - nor will they be wiped out overnight by military means. Those who justify such actions sit entrenched in our assemblies.
They will be disarmed only with the rule of law, social justice, education and employment opportunities for all - and when governments themselves stop perpetuating violence.
The problem Sir is that you cannot discuss Shakespeare with a hungry harimao in the jungle – you MUST apply force both to punish and to make them think a second time that crime IS punished.
Otherwise I (and others, I am sure) enjoyed reading your open-minded article. THANK YOU.
David L. YARKONY
A citizen of Israel

Oct 10, 2004
Dear Mr Yarkony
Thank you for your thoughtful and well informed response to my article “The dragon’s teeth”.
You are very correct in pointing out that Pakistan’s knee-jerk military response in Wana is much the same as that of the USA. That is a crucial point that I had meant to include, but which got inadvertently left out due to lack of time, and then space.
Regarding my use of the word ‘several’ instead of giving the number of those killed in Multan, at the time of writing the actual figure of the dead was disputed, with some sources putting it at 30 (official) and some at 49 (unofficial). Rather than get into that dispute, and with the view that even one life is precious, I chose the word several. I can see how that might be seen as minimizing the loss, but that was not the intention.
I disagree with your perception of the al-Durra and Rachel Corrie deaths, although of course you have the right to your opinion, as I have the right to mine.
Regarding your point about the imperative of trying out new organization, tactics and weaponry, I believe that it is wrong to use human beings as guinea pigs. We’ve seen the consequences of this in Vietnam and Japan where exposure to chemicals and nuclear radiation continues to contribute to a high rate of cancers and birth defects even today, when they are not at war. The long-term consequences of such exposure are visible even in countries that develop such weapons to use on other countries – the high rate of birth defects and cancers in areas where uranium is mined and near nuclear test sites, including in China, former USSR, the USA. There is little information on the effects of nuclear radiation near the nuclear test sites in India and Pakistan, but it will emerge.
I appreciate your point about there being warped minds among people of the Jewish faith (and agree that such violence is increasing in Pakistan), but would add that no faith has a monopoly on such minds. That is why I mentioned the absurd rumour about the 4000 Jews being absent from the WTC on Sept 11, which was widely believed around the world. Logic argues that that could not possibly have been the case, but then, logic has a tendency to fly out of the window when people get emotional – as they tend to do when religion is involved. However, to say that that “was another lie from the Arabic (and vitriolic) mind” is to negate and demonise all those Arabs (and Muslims like myself) who did NOT believe it and who have countered it publicly.
Yes, there are many who believe that force must be met with force, but I don’t believe that that method has shown results. On the contrary, there is increasing violence around the world due to the force used by armed states against their own citizens and other populations. You can’t have an intellectual discussion with those who hold innocent people to ransom for their governments’ actions, but if there is a will, there is a way. Dialogue is always preferable to tough-sounding statements which only serve to further reinforce respective positions – those of the militants as well as the states. Also, I believe it is important to apply the rule of law to all citizens equally (which does not happen in most countries around the world). Crime must be punished – but what do you do when the states themselves are committing crimes?
Secondly, it is clear that the policy of cultivating certain elements when they are needed (eg. the mujahideen and jehadis, Saddam Hussain and bin Laden), only to cast them aside later, as the USA & Pakistan have done, doesn’t work. Of course, these elements do need to be contained, and many of us have been arguing this for years – and yes, it’s better late than never. But using military might, bombing entire villages and demolishing homes only creates more militants out for revenge, whether in Gaza, Afghanistan, Iraq, or Wana (or Balochistan for that matter). See http://www.hrcp-web.org/ for the views especially on the last two areas, of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, an independent body.

With best wishes
Sincerely
Beena Sarwar (Ms.)
Karachi, Pakistan
p.s. The dragon’s teeth reference comes from Greek mythology, not Shakespeare

The Forgotten 54 and More Simmi`s letter was printed in Dawn a couple of days ago. Here`s the editorial that followed:

http://www.dawn.com/2004/10/02/ed.htm#3

Forgotten POWs

In a letter in this newspaper, the daughter of an Indian army officer says that she has been trying to trace her father`s whereabouts ever since he went missing during the 1971 war between Pakistan and India.

This comes after the surprise release by Pakistan in early August of two Indian soldiers taken as POWs during the Kargil conflict and of a Pakistani soldier by the Indian side. What is interesting to note is that until then both governments had strongly denied holding any POWs.

Mohammad Arif, one of the two Indian soldiers repatriated, returned home to find that his wife, thinking him to be dead (the Indian army had declared both men deserters), had married again. The father of the other POW died in his son`s absence while his wife, also believing him to be dead, went away to her parents` place.

The letter in question claims that at least 54 Indian POWs are still languishing in jails in Pakistan since 1971, and there might be a possibility that some could be in prison on the Indian side too.

Islamabad`s official position is that it holds no Indian POWs, a refrain echoed by New Delhi. However, the recent swap in August indicates that such official positions do not tell the whole story.

It could be that in the case of a conflict as old as 1971, and with a new atmosphere of cordiality and reconciliation prevailing between the two countries, both may not want to touch a sensitive issue by publicly admitting the presence of POWs.

But it is precisely for that reason that they should be willing to broach the subject without the risk of any misunderstanding. The case is indeed strong for the release of any POW who may still be in captivity on either side. Doing so will help provide some kind of closure and solace for their families, as in the case of the daughter who wrote the letter.

The Forgotten 54 and More Simmi and I have been in touch since our meeting - she is now in Australia for a course. Here is the note she sent me recently, with a useful link to an HT special on this issue, and a letter to Pakistani papers, which I`ve sent on for publication to The News - maybe friends in Dawn will also publish it - although I agree with those who point out (in the interacts to Simmi`s piece on Chowk referred to here) that we really need to get this taken up in the Urdu media and on television (which we will try for). Some friends in Islamabad have also promised to pursue this case. I`d also like to add an important point that I should have made in my piece: that holding prisoners incommunicado and without information to their families violates the Geneva Conventions, to which I believe both India & Pk are signatories. If anyone has more info on this, pls let us know. Maybe this case could be taken up under that framework. Over to Simmi. beena

`...I`m in sydney for a few days and in fact with Natalya Gill today, the niece of Wing Cdr Gill whose plane was shot down over Badin in 71 and whose name was announced on Pakistan radio as having been captured only to be retracted later. Later, Mohan Lal Bhaskar who was in prison in Pakistan till 1975 wrote in a book ``I spied for India`` that he was told by a Maj Ayaaz Ahmed Sipra who was in Fort of Attock for conspiring against Bhutto that there were 40 Indian officers from the 65 and 71 wars there who had no chance of release and that he ( Maj Sipra) had befriended a Gill of the Indian Air Force and Capt Singh of the indian army(possibly Giriraj Singh?). Natalya`s father ,Mr Gill in fact travelled to India with Dr Suri( whose son Maj Suri had written him a note from a Karachi jail in 1975) and 4 others to Multan jail in 1983 at the invitation of the pakistani govt. Narasimha Rao told them, ``Go get your men in whatever state they are.``

`Unfortunately, Indira Gandhi accused Pakistan of being responsible for Abdul Ghaffar Khan`s death at the time and apparently did not show the Pakistanis the promised prisoners too so it proved to be a fruitless trip. Families have met Brig Abid and Asma Jehangir too... Asma Jehangir said they were believed to be in the Fort of Attock and that some Generals of the Pakistan army may know. Riaz Khokhar in a 1995 interview to Zee TV said that there was no concrete evidence that there were any POWs and that they had searched there jails over and over and had not found them. He went onto say, ``Maybe they were there under assumed names``!!!

`The fact is that it is extremely difficult for the Pakistan govt to admit that they have them after so long. It is not possible to repatriate them quietly as the issue will leak out in some way or the other. Only if there is a complete change of heart- maybe it can be turned iinto a sign of peace and reconciliation and a making up for mistakes of past regimes. Earlier the families felt it should be kept quiet as then perhaps the Pakistan govt may release them but after 32 years that chance is not there so I feel it should be given maximum exposure. I am sending you a site with some information and a letter I had written to Dawn and Jang- I dont think they got published though.

`At this point it is not us, we carry on with our lives, one can cope by thinking of it as Karma or the Zen belief that the world is as it is and these men just got caught up in extremely bad Karma! The fact is that it happened, these men went somewhere. Where? even if they died in prison, when and where? These quiestions should be asked and answers sought till satisfactorily resolved. Take Care, Simmi.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/2004/Mar/10/6806_0,001600430005.htm

OPEN LETTER TO MUSHARRAF: A DAUGHTER`S APPEAL

Major Sharanjitpal Singh Waraich’s name is number one on the list of 54 POW from the 1971 war. He was born in 1938. He was the oldest of four surviving brothers born to Gurdeep Singh and Harbans Kaur, who belonged to an erstwhile family of landlords form Gujranwala, Pakistan. He and Maj Kanwaljit Singh Sandhu were good friends. They were the daredevils of the regiment, 15 Punjab, also known as Patiala regiment.

Sharanjit’s grandfather ‘s grandfather, at the time in Pakistan had joined the Indian army as Subedar and was part of the raising of 24 Punjab. His son and grandson later served in the same battalion. Their family had converted in the 1700s to Sikhism. Ironically it was the same battalion, 24 Punjab, which went to Pakistan when the Indian armies were divided along with the country in 1971 that raided husainiwala on 3rd Dec 1971 and caught 15 Punjab on the Indian side unaware capturing the two officers. The same 24 Punjab that three generations of Major Waraich’s forefathers had served in that captured him!

Everytime Indo-Pak talks are held, we scan the newspapers searching if any headway has been made with respect to around 40-50 Missing personnel. Everytime before the talks, we present memorandums and petitions to the government asking them to press upon Pakistan to release the long languishing prisoners. It would have been better if they had died. One would have mourned them and sought solace in yearly remembrance prayers but what does one do when the thought is always at the back of your mind that they may still be alive, may still be in prison in Pakistan since 32 years and 10 months! Major Ghosh’s photo appeared in Time magazine in a Pakistani jail, Major Suri’s letter reached his father in 1975 from a Karachi jail, Wg Cdr Gill and a Capt Singh were befriended by a Pakistani Major Ayaaz A Sipra in the Fort of Attock, Maj Waraich was reportedly in Dargai jail in NWFP in 1972 as per Gen Riaz, and numerous other reports have trickled in about the presence of these men in Pakistan. The Pakistanis say some prisoners cannot identify themselves due having lost their mental balance, so the Indian govt asked them to send photos which haven’t come.

For the governments, these are mere 40 odd men among millions but I appeal to General Musharraf, who being a soldier will surely empathise with these soldiers. A soldier needs to be treated with respect. Gen Musharraf said at the Agra summit that there were no Army personnel in Pakistani jails yet recently two soldiers captured during the Kargil conflict were released. Perhaps due to the oversight of former regimes in Pakistan, a few Indian army personnel maybe still languishing in some Pakistani jail under some other names. Riaz Khokhar in 1996 said as much, that perhaps they may be under assumed names because they haven’t been able to trace them otherwise. I appeal to General Musharraf to please try and locate these men again. Let them return to their families. It is a moot point as to how many survivors there will be now but we need to know what happened to them.

Pakistan radio announced the names of those captured during the war- So where after all did these men go??? It is upto the Pakistani government now. It would be a goodwill gesture like no other. We don’t mind taking them back in whatever state they are, whatever survivors there are, we just hope that finally they can come home to their families and spend the last few years of their lives in peace. I went to the Wagah- Attari border this year on August 15th and was a part of the candle light vigil for peace between India and Pakistan.

The governments can continue their disputes. Why should the people suffer? I read about the Pakistani family released recently after years in an Indian prison. The Human Rights Commissions of both countries should be allowed to meet these prisoners every year and take up their cases. The governments should compensate the prisoners they release after holding them for so long for trivial reasons. A South Asian tribunal should be set up for this purpose. We, the families of the forgotten 54 cannot rest in peace till we know what happened to these men. Where did they go?

Dr Simmi Waraich. MD
New Delhi

The Price of Love Jibbe: yes, I was able to visit the women`s prison in Khi - but they didn`t let me take a TV camera inside. It`s clean, airy, spacious - but still a prison as one woman said. The men`s prison is worse - I wasn`t able to go inside, but met a prisoner working at the superindent`s office computer; he said he`d been framed for drug trafficking & had no lawyer. Now that Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid`s Legal Aid Cell has started functioning in the Karachi central jail (inaugurated July 30, 2004), maybe things will improve. beena

The Price of Love Jibbe: I think it would be ok to use the information given by Dr Zaffar Iqbal, Dr Nuzhat Ahmed and Dr Amna Buttar - they started ANAA - (Asian-american Network Against Abuse of Women In Pakistan - (see http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/22/nat26.htm) - a couple of years ago. They`re associated with Develop In Peace (DIP), a registered not-for-profit in the US and are also lobbying within their professional organisations for India-Pk peace and justice within the societies.
You are also welcome to use the information in my Hudood Laws (Extremely Misused) article & the women in prisons (Criminals or Victims) article, both on Chowk. Good luck.

The Price of Love Yes, this is an ongoing case. Thanks for your good wishes. I don`t have any illusions that my article will help this couple directly - that is being done through lawyers. The point was only to illustrate what is happening these days, to build some kind of pressure. Along those lines, please see email below by US based doctor Zafar Iqbal, and contact him directly if you want. best, beena

Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 17:41:32 -0500
From: ``Zaffar Iqbal`` Subject:
[ANAA-NEWS-L] (38/75) ADV. Resisiting ``HONOR
KILLING`` in Pakistan
To: ANAA-NEWS-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU

Dear All,
Please contribute whatever is dispensible. It is not ``how much`` you contribute but your
willingness to support the cause - ``to resist honor Killing``. We have set ourselves
a target of 75 people willing to donate ``their name`` for the advertisement in Pk newspapers. Following these comments is the request ``why`` the adv, cost of the adv
and then a details on ``Honor Killing`` Please circulate to all of your friends and
listservers you are a part of to get 75 people.
Regards-Zafar

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From Amna Buttar:

Please send your donation payable to: ANAA/DIP
at the address of
Amna Buttar,
6315 Green Leaves Road, Indianapolis, IN 46220.
Reply for adding your name: abbuttar@aol.com
All Donations are tax deductible, as DIP is a 501
c(3).

Amna Buttar

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Dear friends and colleagues,
After a long time, there is finally a glimmer of hope that a bill, which upholds the values of a humane society and denounces the so-called ``honor -killings``, will be debated in the Pakistan Parliament. There is tremendous opposition to the bill from the feudals and the MMA, who are cloaking their argument in the wraps of ``tribal customs``. The MMA has even gone so far as to say that the introduction of a bill denouncing ``karo-kari`` will encourage young girls to run away from home!!!! The whole bill is being renounced by the mullahs as being un-Islamic! Needless to say, honor-killings have nothing to do with Islam and everything to do with subjugation of the common man, especially women and minorities,
in Pakistan. All of us live in a free society in the US. We enjoy the many freedoms we have here. It is our moral duty to support any movement in Pakistan that will create circumstances for a just society there. We must wish the same for the Pakistanis as we do for ourselves here in the USA. Some of us have resolved to show our concern by
advertizing in a Pakistani Newspaper, supporting all efforts to denounce ``Karo-Kari``.Please join the effort Please reply to this email and put your comment if you support the advertisement.
Following have agreed to contribute for the advertisement:

1. Nadeem Kazi.
2. Amna Buttar.
3. Nuzhat Ahmed.
4. Zaffar Iqbal
5. Naseem Shehkhani.
6. Ghazala kazi
7. Rizwan Naeem
8. Shahid Sheikh
9. Faisal Cheema
10. Aisha Bajwa
11. Umair Iqbal
12. Asad Ansari
13. Shahid Latif
14. Ronda Morton
15. Shakeel Ahmed
16. Zahid Asghar
17. Jaseem Pasha
18. Mustahsan Ali Khan
19. Shahnaz Khan
20. Shaheen Mian
21. Jyoti Hansa
22. Salman Hameed
23. Huma and Syed Asif Alam
24. Bruce Grau
25. Khalil Khatri
26. Farid Qazi
27. Aisha Zafar
28. Munir Ahmad
29. Shakeel Kouser
30. Naveed Iqbal
31. Farooq Mirza
32. Jennifer Mendez
33. Shauna Singh Baldwin
34. Mohammad Raza Khan
35. Kimat Khatak
36. Iqbal Jangda
37. Tanvir Imam
38. Arshad Saeed
We will continue the count till we get to the total of about $6000 needed to get a prominent
space in leading Pakistani Newspaper. More than money, involvement of as many
individuals as possible is important. Every cent counts, as it carries a name of an individual
who cares. No donation is small, none too big. Please mention the amount you can spare for this adv so we can count all cents. Lets keep issues alive in politics and show our support to people working to empower weakest in loving homeland, Pakistan.

Please send your donation to ANAA/DIP at the
address of Amna Buttar,
6315 Green Leaves Road, Indianapolis, IN 46220.

Amna Buttar

Understanding Honour Killing: (Karo Kari) Amnesty Detailed report on Honour Killing:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/pakistan/reports/honour/


Understanding Qisas and Diyat:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/pakistan/reports/honour/honour-13.html


National commision on lacunae in Qisas and Diyat:
(12/03)
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/dec2003-daily/04-12
-2003/metro/k2.htm

NCSW recommendations -National commision on Status of Women- declared honour Killing has no link with Islam. It asks that that the application and misuse of Qisas be stopped. (8/04) http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_31-3-2004_pg7_24

Supporting Karo-Kari:

MMA, Jamat-e-Islami vice President Prof Gahfoor:
In his views Honour Killing is part of our religion. An Interesting seminar with MQM,
PPPP and many were participants: (8/04)
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-1-2004_pg7_27

Resisting Karo Kari:

Aitzaz Ahsan, PPPP present ``Criminal Law Bill 2004`` and explains how Qisas and Diyat pardons the person who has murdered in the name of ``honour`` (7/04)
http://www.dawn.com/2004/07/21/top3.htm

Nilofer Bakhtiar,Advisor to Prime Minister on women affairs strangely criticises a bill to repeal Hudood but plans to table a bill against Honour Killing: (8/04)
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_9-6-2004_pg7_4

Prime minister Shujaat - PML-Q codems Karo Kari (8/04)
http://paknews.com/main.php?id=1&date1=2004-07-18

Heer Ismail Soho, MPA MQM, demands that accused for Karo Kao murder should be tried as ``murdedrers`` and punished, if convicted, for 25 yrs.(10/03)
http://www.rghr.net/mainfile.php/0547/640/

Amnesty urges Pres. Musharraf to act to end Honor Killing:
http://web.amnestydex/ENGASA330171999

Musharraf on Karo Kari:

Musharraf condemns the practice of Karo-Kari.
http://quickstart.clari.net/voa/art/gx/748094A6-C2C8-42F9-93056F00B26A81D2.html

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Remembering Mushtaq Gazdar To everyone who has responded to this article:

thank you all. I apologise for not getting back to you earlier - I don`t get to the web every often. It is heartening to get this feedback and we all appreciate your support and care.

Regarding how to access Mushtaq Gazdar`s films, his son Haris Gazdar would be the best person; I will ask him.

Thanks again.

Beena