- Saturday, April 20, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
THE media and activists in Pakistan poured scorn last Friday (27) on a suggestion from an Islamic religious body that men should be allowed to “lightly beat” their wives, made in their draft of a women’s protection bill. The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) released a draft of the bill last Thursday (26), their response to progressive legislation giving women greater rights and protection in the province of Punjab. Local media quoted the draft as saying: “A husband should be allowed to lightly beat his wife if she defies his commands and refuses to dress up as per his desires;…
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