'State must protect women, minorities and transgenders' - Newspaper
PARTICIPANTS of the Aurat March chant slogans on Monday evening.—Reuters KARACHI: “My name is Neha and on this International Women’s Day I appeal to the government to end forced conversions and pass strong legislation so that this does not happen to another girl,” said the visibly emotional teenager as she gasped for air. Trying to gather courage as she addressed a subdued crowd and reporters at the Aurat March event on Monday, she said, “I was 14 years old. What was my fault? My family, my education was taken away from me.” The young girl was abducted from Karachi’s Ittehad Tow...