Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Female Pakistani minister shot dead for 'breaking Islamic dress code'

TimesOnline A Pakistani minister and woman’s activist has been shot dead by an Islamic extremist for refusing to wear the veil.

And this is up to INE man to determine?
Zilla Huma Usman, the minister for social welfare in Punjab province and an ally of President Pervez Musharraf, was killed as she was about to deliver a speech to dozens of party activists, by a “fanatic”, who believed that she was dressed inappropriately and that women should not be involved in politics, officials said. Mrs Usman, 35, was wearing the shalwar kameez worn by many professional women in Pakistan, but did not cover her head.

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