Eisha Aziz, 7, of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, stood with demonstrators sponsored by the All Pakistan Democratic Movement last month in Islamabad, mourning the death of Benazir Bhutto.
By Betsy Pisik
LAHORE, Pakistan -- Humaira Shahid spent her first four years in Pakistan's National Assembly trying desperately to build support for a bill to outlaw a corrupt lending practice in which families - unable to keep up interest payments in excess of 100 percent - can be forced to hand over a daughter to settle their accounts.
"These women were used as collateral, to barter, and it turned into a mafia business overnight," said Mrs. Shahid, astounded that colleagues did not share her outrage. Read more ...
By Betsy Pisik
LAHORE, Pakistan -- Humaira Shahid spent her first four years in Pakistan's National Assembly trying desperately to build support for a bill to outlaw a corrupt lending practice in which families - unable to keep up interest payments in excess of 100 percent - can be forced to hand over a daughter to settle their accounts.
"These women were used as collateral, to barter, and it turned into a mafia business overnight," said Mrs. Shahid, astounded that colleagues did not share her outrage. Read more ...
Source: The Washington Times
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