{"id":6502,"date":"2017-04-21T11:12:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T11:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/?p=6502"},"modified":"2021-12-15T11:14:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T11:14:26","slug":"asma-criticises-ban-on-women-in-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/asma-criticises-ban-on-women-in-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Asma criticises ban on women in festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-left:180px;--awb-margin-top:40px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.4%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div class=\"story__content pt-4 \">\n<p class=\"\">LAHORE: Former Supreme Court Bar Association president Asma Jahangir has taken exception to a ban on women from attending traditional \u201cQaqlasht Festival\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In a statement issued on Thursday, she says this is discrimination and would send a negative message to tourists as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She states such a violation of women\u2019s rights is against the laws of the country and the women of Gilgit-Baltistan should not be treated any different to the women living in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ms Jahangir says the people of Gilgit-Baltistan desire to gain freedom for themselves but without extending these freedoms to their women in letter and spirit, their society would not progress. 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