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Books by Samya Burney
  | | Crime or Custom Violence Against Women in Pakistan by Human Rights Watch, Samya Burney Paperback, 101 Pages, Published 2000 by Human Rights Watch ISBN-13: 978-1-56432-241-8, ISBN: 1-56432-241-6 "Evidence for Tazir punishment is governed by the standard evidence code ( Qanun-e-Shahadat) which was introduced by General Zia in 1984. ... the court may accept, or act on, the testimony of one man or one woman.69 The use of the word "may" in the second ... the sexual intercourse necessary to the offence of zina-bil-jabr,"73 and the 69 Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984, Section 17 ( emphasis added)." |
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