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Sold for Rs0.6m, woman seeks action against 'kidnappers'

For over four months I remained in the illegal custody of Chaudhry Anwar without Nikah during which I was subjected to sexual assaults and tortured in the fortress-like house. The woman said after four months she managed to contact Anjuman Dawat-e-Azeemat Chitral, an organization working against marriage of Chitrali women with strangers from other districts.

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Steps urged for engagement of women in disaster risk reduction

The theme was a thoughtful one, especially in view of the risks of disaster that high mountainous societies, such as Chitral, face due to adverse climactic changes, and the need for active engagement of women in disaster risk reduction measures. The setting of Reshun provided a serious reminder of the havoc that climate-change induced disasters

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