© 2008 Michael Thompson

Mukhtar Mai
Search for Mukhtar Mai on other sites
Google

  • May 27,2007 MULTAN - Pakistan’s internationally known gang-rape victim Mukhtar Mai yesterday said she has resigned as head of a government centre for women in distress. Mai said that her decision was in protest at a move to replace her with a woman from the ruling party at the crisis centre in her village of Mirwala in Punjab province. [ read ]

  • Apr 11,2007 Lahore - Gangrape victim Mukhtar Mai, who became a voice against women's abuse in the highly male dominated conservative society in rural Pakistan has earned many enemies, amongst them feudal lords and even government officials, according to noted American columnist Nicholas Kristof. [ read ]

  • Apr 26,2006 Washington - Mukhtar Mai, who is here to receive a number of awards, was hosted at a well-attended reception at the Pakistan embassy on Monday evening. “My slogan is to end oppression through education,” Mai said in brief remarks on the occasion. She thanked the embassy, particularly Ambassador Jehangir Karamat, for inviting her. She recited two lines from a poem, which said that dark clouds never remain there forever and the day will dawn when women - mothers and sisters - would be accorded their due place in society. [ read ]

  • Mar 12,2006 Pakistan - Five thousand women, led in part by rape victim and campaigner Mukhtar Mai, protested in Pakistan for equal rights.

  • Jan 22,2006 New York - An interview with Mukhtar Mai in the United Nations scheduled for Friday night has been cancelled because of pressure from Pakistan's government, according to the New York Times. [ read ]

  • Nov 28,2005 Lahore - Devoting Life to Oppressed Women and Education [ read ]

  • Oct 25,2005 Pakistan - Clinton to introduce Mukhtar Mai in US [ read ]

  • Sep 7,2005 SouthAsia (BBC) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said his country should not be singled out for its treatment of women. [ read ]

  • June 29,2005 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan wants to ensure gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai finds justice, President Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday, as he invited women from around the world to come and tell of their abuse and recommend solutions. [ read ]

  • June 26,2005 BBC - Armed men have attacked and burned a girls' school in Afghanistan [ read ]

  • June 24,2005 ISLAMABAD - Rice Snubs Musharraf Over Mukhtar Mai Episode [ read ]

  • June 18,2005 WASHINGTON - Mukhtar Mai to be allowed to travel to US [ read ]

  • June 17,2005 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Wednesday lifted a travel ban on a well-known rape victim, days after her name was placed on a list of people barred from leaving the country. [ read ]

  • June 16,2005 WASHINGTON - US outraged at Mukhtar Mai's suppression [ read ]

  • June 15,2005 ISLAMABAD - Karamat scuttled Pakistan gang rape victim's Amnesty visit [ read ]

  • June 13,2005 RAWALPINDI - Airports put on alert to stop gang-rape victim from travelling [ read ]

  • June 11,2005 BBC - The victim of a notorious Pakistan gang rape says she is being prevented from moving freely or leaving the country. [ read ]

  • June 10,2005 New Zealand - Mai place under house arrest [ read ]

  • May 20, 2005 ADNAN R. KHAN - Treated like property, Pakistani women fight futilely against 'honour crimes' [ read ]

  • May 16, 2005 ISLAMABAD - Mukhtar Mai who was allegedly gang-raped three years ago, will have to wait for another four months in her pursuit of justice because there is no chance of an early hearing for her in the Supreme Court. [ read ]

  • Mar 29, 2005 MD MALIK - The authorities have re-arrested four accused in the Mukhtar Mai rape case on the directives of President General Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz after the victim met the PM for seeking justice in the case. [ read ]

  • Mar 3, 2005 BBC - Five men sentenced to death in a high-profile gang-rape case in the Pakistani province of Punjab have been acquitted on appeal. [ read ]

  • Aug 24, 2002 MULTAN - The Dera Ghazi Khan anti-terrorism court will give its verdict on the Meerwala gang-rape case on Aug 27 as both prosecution and defence concluded their arguments. [ read ]

  • June, 2002 PAKISTAN - In June 2002, 30-year-old Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped on the orders of a council of tribal elders from her village of Meerwala, Pakistan. [ read ]

    		•    Mukhtar Mai
    Visit Muktar Mai's blog (see also Mukhtar Mai at Wikipedia)
    "I hope to make education more readily available to girls, to teach them that no woman should ever go through what happened to me, and I eventually hope to open more school branches in this area of Pakistan. I need your support to kill illiteracy and to help make tomorrow's women stronger. This is my goal in life."

    "Actually, the women of my area are unaware of their rights. Yes, some women are afraid to empathise with me. They are afraid of men, conservative social values and the male dominated society. "

    "In our school, we teach girls the regular syllabus as well as special chapters on women's rights, human rights and women empowerment.

    --- Mukhtar Mai




    Links
  • CNN: July, 27 2002
  • BBC: Sep 1, 2002
  • ABC: Oct 28, 2004
    • Fair Use Notice

    This site may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of political, human rights, economic, democracy, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to:

    http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml

    © 2008 Michael Thompson