"Chained For Life" A Report From Pakistan

Among other things in this report our attention is drawn to suicide among women under Islam as a means of escape. How desperate their plight then that these unfortunate women and girls choose such a path?



A 2-year analysis of all such reports in a major newspaper in Pakistan showed 306 suicides reported from 35 cities. While, we are only talking about the reported incidents, the actual number might be a lot higher. Thousands of Pakistani women have fallen prey to the stone-age concept of ‘chaining’ a woman at home - from birth to death. more