Women's Protection Bill
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women-s-protection-bill-161-3149721
title:
Women's Protection Bill
text:
The Women's Protection Bill which was passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on 15 November 2006 is an attempt to amend the heavily criticised 1979 Hudood Ordinance laws which govern the punishment for rape and adultery in Pakistan. Critics of the Hudood Ordinance alleged that it made it exceptionally difficult and dangerous to prove an allegation of rape, and thousands of women had been imprisoned as a result of the bill. The bill returned a number of offences from the Zina Ordinance to th
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Pakistani law passed in 2006
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Protection_Bill
date created:
2006-11-19T11:03:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T04:50:53Z
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