Live from Pakistan for Saturday, November 16, 2002

Saturday, November 16, 2002

Women and Parliament

Yesterday’s proceeding of the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected members of the National Assembly showed a full house. As the elected members took their seats, a breath of fresh air was the presence of a large number of women—there are 73 in a house of 342. Women members have vowed that they will... Sign in to see full entry.

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Kasi’s Execution in Virginia

There were several mercy pleas for Aimal Kasi who was extradited by Pakistan to the US to stand trial. With growing world opinion against death sentence, would it not have been better to commute the execution to life imprisonment? It is fortunate that there were no protest demonstrations or terror... Sign in to see full entry.

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