Musharraf signs Women's Protection Bill
Here's some good news to start your weekend off with. President Pervez Musharraf has signed Pakistan's Women's Protection Bill. (Text of the bill here.) Sweet.
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Wonderful. Too bad he a) won't be able to enforce it in most of the country, and b) is one of the worst despots in the region (on matters other than women's rights).
The text of the bill is available here:
http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/legislation/2006/wpb.html