Rabiya Bashir

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August 14, 2019

Conceiving problems

From a rusty bed on which she lay in one of the wards of Lal Ded Hospital, Shaheena Altaf has been pleading with her mother and other relatives who surround her to…

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February 4, 2018

Kathua crime: 18 days later, medical report shared with no one

Srinagar, Feb 03: Eighteen days after the murder of Kathua minor girl, the victim family is yet to receive the medical report with investigating agencies maintaining silence over the matter. The 8-year-old girl,…

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February 3, 2018

Pune suspect: ‘My daughter is innocent, had come to meet friends’

Srinagar, Feb 02: Mother of 18-year-old Pune girl, who was labeled as “suicide bomber” by security agencies in Kashmir claimed that her daughter is, “innocent and is unnecessarily being pushed behind bars…

Kathua rape, murder has shocked women in Kashmir

Srinagar, Jan 24: The rape and murder of 8-year-old child, Asifa from Hiranagar tehsil in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district has raised many question about the safety of girl child in the state.…

January 24, 2018

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No one seems willing to marry orphan girls in Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec 21: Khalida Begum (name changed), the widow from south Kashmir who has three daughters is struggling to get them married. Her husband was killed by army in Nineties and since then…

December 22, 2017

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In pain and humiliation

It is early August and the heat is intolerable inside the labour room of Lal Ded Hospital. Yasmeena Ishtiyaq lies still on a rusty metal bed and from time to time a low moan passes…

August 17, 2017

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Rabiya Bashir

Conceiving problems

Kathua crime: 18 days later, medical report shared with no one

Pune suspect: ‘My daughter is innocent, had come to meet friends’

Kathua rape, murder has shocked women in Kashmir

No one seems willing to marry orphan girls in Kashmir

In pain and humiliation