Comments on: Pakistani women turn to once-taboo divorce to escape abuse

By: Saher Khan

Saher Khan — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:40:19 +0000

your start up made me write a comment before even reading the complete article … what do you mean by ” strict Muslim nation ” .. please DO NOT CONFUSE MUSLIM nation and Our nation. In MUSLIM NATION there is no such thing appreciated like abuse and loveless marriages. Please note once again im not talking about ISLAM at the moment telling you about MUSLIM Nation … WE ARE NOT MUSLIM NATION please correct yourself

By: The_Progressive_Conservative

The_Progressive_Conservative — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:17:22 +0000

Check the statistics. The divorce rates of arranged marriages are much lower.

By: ahsan

ahsan — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:09:47 +0000

Is there a statistical figure as to how many women get abused who are living in a combined family? My guess is that they are a lot fewer and far between. Culturally and socially, being an agrarian people, we were still not ready for this consumer oriented industrial living.

By: Suppression

Suppression — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:33:36 +0000

There were at least 1,636 “honor killings” last year !!
It just shows where we are standing and how women rights have been protected. I live and work in UK, women have equal rights here and women enjoy true freedom in these parts of the world.
I can tell you..when women of our country read this comment they think that I’m insane, but they’ve no idea what they are missing. When they really see the women in West then they’ll come to the terms.

By: Dr. Rahman

Dr. Rahman — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:00:19 +0000

Really! Who made you to champion such a statement! And, why are you hiding under the ‘GL’. At least have the courage of writing your name.

By: sohaib

sohaib — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:58:59 +0000

Trust and honesty are the most important aspects of a happy married life. Love is secondary and comes naturally. Those who seek love first are doomed because love is a fleeting sentiment but trust and honesty builds relationship on which love could be founded. Lying an cheating will only break the marriage. Thats what men and women need to understand.

By: sohaib

sohaib — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:54:55 +0000

What if a woman seeks annulment out of prejudice, contempt for the relationship and pure selfish means? Pakistani law does not have safeguards to avoid such loopholes. I m sorry I dont totally agree with your characterization of men from an Islamic perspective. This new found freedom is because men have not been responsible towards their women. I agree with that. But if he has been responsible towards her in purely sharia way and she still seeks annulment? Then I think the man should let her go.

By: Muhammad Waqas

Muhammad Waqas — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:52:03 +0000

this is a very biased one sided approach of writing an article and presenting a growing problem in way that makes males the abusers and Divorce a casual matter. many men are beaten up by their wife as revealed in several documentaries in Pakistan, still they cannot give divorce because those women have high profiled relations on illegitimate bases. the writer has clearly shown his shortsightedness in this matter. domestic violence is never a gender rather more of a human issue with both the genders.

By: Neutral

Neutral — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:06:56 +0000

very true. I beleive on equality, but when it comes to equality women automatically want to be dominant and thats where the problem start. still i am not saying that abusing is right but why the media and people are always against males. Females are equally responsible. and when female abuse males its worse then male abusing female. summary is i m still in favor of equality which both sides should be careful of.

By: aku

aku — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:36:26 +0000

Is Pakistan the only country where men abuse women? Ofcourse not. Women everywhere, whether west or east suffer the same trauma. I think there is a basic flaw in a man’s DNA which if not nurtured correctly develops this superiority complex which in some extreme cases result in violence against the weaker being. Divorce is only an escape, but which is sometimes necessary. But does it solve the problem for the women? The fabric of society has to be nurtured correctly to encourage love, peace and harmony. Islam has a solution to this but unforunately Taliban has hijacked it. On the other hand, this tendency of divorces will only further ruin the society and produce a second generation which is even more intolerant and violent.