The ‘honourable’ men of Pakistan’s Balochistan
Despite laws on paper, Balochistan remains a place where women are punished for choice, tribal 'justice' dictates life and death, and the state watches from the sidelines —…
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Minimum wage, mass exploitation: A crisis of the Pakistani labour force
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