Pakistan Religious Minority Suffers Discrimination for Fighting Extremism

Her hands shook slightly—a sign of age—as she held her thin, long dupatta scarf in front of her face and turned slightly away. Years of covering her face in front of men had made her shy. In her 53 years of marriage, this was the first time she was alone. Her 80-year-old spouse Abdul Shakoor had been convicted on charges of selling banned books and is serving a five-year jail term. The books, which Nayeema claims he removed from the shop after a government notice, were comprised of...

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