A number of leading human rights defenders will attend a seminar "Daughters of a Lesser God: Minority Women in Pakistan organized by an anti-slavery human rights group in Washington DC to shed shed light on injustices on Baloch women and Pakistan women.
In addition to a number of congressmen and senators, those who have been invited include defenders of the rights of Hindu, Christian, Baloch, Mohjair, Pashtun women in Pakistan.
Minority women are eking out an existence that is reminiscent of the Dark Ages. State security forces in Balochistan routinely abduct Baloch women and even minor boys. Human rights defenders fear they are being used as sex slaves by Pakistan soldiers.
On the other hand, Christian and Hindu women and minor girls are abducted at point of gun as fair game, forcibly converted and married to men they never met before, in Punjab and Sindh provinces respectively. Unfortunately, the civil and political society either lack the will and resources to counter this sex slavery or treat the issue casually as it does not affect the mainstream, rather the most vulnerable section of society living on the fringes.
some of the Hindu and women girls are as young as 13 year old and some men in Pakistan think by having sex with such minor girls their sexual prowess will increase. Most of the time the abductors are four times the age of the victims.
Pakistan, which prides herself on being a fortress of Islam, is one of the most dangerous places on earth. She was no doubt born as a bastard child of the British Raj and groomed as a prostitute on the world stage by Uncle Sam. Ill at ease with herself, she is a source of instability, trouble and violence in South Asia and beyond.
On the one hand the most powerful political party in the country, the Pakistan army, has in pursuit of the grandiose goal of strategic depth harmed an immediate neighbor Afghanistan while on the other hand their jihadist Ghazwa-i-Hind policies have led to wars with India.
To get your tickets for this memorable event go here.
To register for this event being held on the morning of March 29 at the Busboys & Poets 14th and V streets Northwest Washington DC, go here.
Those who have confirmed attendance are Nadeem Nusrat, leader of the Free Karachi Campaign, Dr Nazir S. Bhatti, president of the Pakistan Christian Congress, Jay Kansara of the Hindu American Foundation and Najeeb Khan, director research of the American Friends of Balochistan.
Canadian intellectual Tarek Fatah, author of 'Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State' (Wiley). 'The Jew is Not My Enemy' (McClelland), will openly and candidly discuss Pakistan at an event at Deccan Spices over mouth-watering desi foods.
In addition to a number of congressmen and senators, those who have been invited include defenders of the rights of Hindu, Christian, Baloch, Mohjair, Pashtun women in Pakistan.
Minority women are eking out an existence that is reminiscent of the Dark Ages. State security forces in Balochistan routinely abduct Baloch women and even minor boys. Human rights defenders fear they are being used as sex slaves by Pakistan soldiers.
On the other hand, Christian and Hindu women and minor girls are abducted at point of gun as fair game, forcibly converted and married to men they never met before, in Punjab and Sindh provinces respectively. Unfortunately, the civil and political society either lack the will and resources to counter this sex slavery or treat the issue casually as it does not affect the mainstream, rather the most vulnerable section of society living on the fringes.
some of the Hindu and women girls are as young as 13 year old and some men in Pakistan think by having sex with such minor girls their sexual prowess will increase. Most of the time the abductors are four times the age of the victims.
Pakistan, which prides herself on being a fortress of Islam, is one of the most dangerous places on earth. She was no doubt born as a bastard child of the British Raj and groomed as a prostitute on the world stage by Uncle Sam. Ill at ease with herself, she is a source of instability, trouble and violence in South Asia and beyond.
On the one hand the most powerful political party in the country, the Pakistan army, has in pursuit of the grandiose goal of strategic depth harmed an immediate neighbor Afghanistan while on the other hand their jihadist Ghazwa-i-Hind policies have led to wars with India.
To get your tickets for this memorable event go here.
To register for this event being held on the morning of March 29 at the Busboys & Poets 14th and V streets Northwest Washington DC, go here.
Those who have confirmed attendance are Nadeem Nusrat, leader of the Free Karachi Campaign, Dr Nazir S. Bhatti, president of the Pakistan Christian Congress, Jay Kansara of the Hindu American Foundation and Najeeb Khan, director research of the American Friends of Balochistan.
Canadian intellectual Tarek Fatah, author of 'Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State' (Wiley). 'The Jew is Not My Enemy' (McClelland), will openly and candidly discuss Pakistan at an event at Deccan Spices over mouth-watering desi foods.
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