UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, who on Thursday wrapped up a four-day visit toPakistan, said while the full facts have yet to be established, the allegations show the restrictions and dangers faced by many Pakistani women.
The information minister for northwestern province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa again insisted on Thursday that all the women were alive. “The girls said they are fine. They are under no threat and they have no fear,” Mian Iftikhar Hussain told reporters, quoting the human rights activistBari.
Mohammad Afzal, a brother of one of the men in the video, has said the women were killed on May 30 on the orders of a cleric who led a 40 to 50-member tribal jirga.
In court, attorney general Irfan Qadir said: “All the girls are alive.” Justice Jawad Khawaja responded “Thank God”.
A local cleric sentenced four women and two men to death after mobile phone footage emerged of them enjoying themselves at a party in the mountains of Kohistan.
An investigation revealed that a group of Pakistani women, who were sentenced to death for mingling with men [dancing and singing] at a wedding, are still alive. A cleric sentenced the women to death after a video showed the men and women dancing together, which is against tribal customs.
Muslim Cleric Sentenced Women to Death for Dancing and Singing with Men
Muslim Cleric Sentenced Women to Death for Dancing and Singing with Men - Bulletin Of The Oppression Of Women in Islam
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