A 19-year-old Pakistani woman has been sentenced to death for reporting her cousin raped her at gunpoint.
She was asleep in her home in the South-western City of Rajanpur in the Punjab province when the assault occurred.
The young woman reported the crime to the local village court only to hear she was at fault for arousing the sexual desires of the rapist.
PBS calls Pakistani law a “delicate balance between religious and secular law.” However, life for women in Pakistan is anything but delicate.
The Council of Islamic Ideology, a committee of Islamic scholars, works with the Pakistani government to ensure laws align with Islamic teachings.
This young Pakistani woman’s impending murder is in many ways a warning.
More information about this young woman’s trial and how courts prosecute sexual assault cases under sharia law on the next page
Evil doers
No he’s alive. They rushed him to hospital and took him to surgery. They say they will be able to question him soon. He killed eight people and injured eleven. They work hard keeping him alive. Why?
Islam at its best!
Ass backwards sick & twisted
Really bad thinking on their part.
Delicate balance like hell. Murder it IS.
Why or taxpayer still paying for PBS news stick to BBC programs and children’s programs
Bull c**p
Fools all of them with their backward archaic laws nothing but fools!!!
Women liberals this is Islam. I personally don’t want a man telling me what to do!