Information About Incident 66771-136167-345423 in Pakpattan Pakistan

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Healthcare activists promoting family planning in Pakistan are facing constant fatwas (religious edicts) from conservative forces, killing of volunteers and kidnapping of the public health activists, apart from the lacklustre support from the Government, reports The Times of India.

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Healthcare activists promoting family planning in Pakistan are facing constant fatwas (religious edicts) from conservative forces, killing of volunteers and kidnapping of the public health activists, apart from the lacklustre support from the Government, reports The Times of India. Five of our staff members were killed by the fundamentalists. But the sister of one of the martyrs came up to join and the take the social fight further as a health worker, says Syed Kamal Shah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rahnuma which is the largest NGO working in the area of reproductive health.

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66771-136167-345423 12/6/2013 Pakistan Family planning advocates face fatwas from fundamentalists in Pakistan, says CEO of Rehnuma NGO Syed Kamal Shah

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