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Prostitution in Pakistan is a taboo culture of sex-trade that exists as an open secret but illegal. Prostitution is largely based in organisational setups like brothels or furthered by individual call girls. [ 1][ 2] The sex trade is illegal in the country due to the declaration of extramarital sex as an immoral activity.
Boys in Badakshan, Afghanistan, wearing kameez tunics, showing side seams left open below the waist. [ 1] Shalwar kameez[ 2][ 3] (also salwar kameez[ 4] and less commonly shalwar qameez) [ 5][ 6] is a traditional combination dress worn by men and women in South Asia, [ 4][ 7] and Central Asia. [ 8][ 9] Shalwars are trousers which are atypically ...
Men wear shalwar kameez, kurta, Pakistani Waistcoat, achkan and sherwani, churidar, or pajama. Other items of clothing include the jama and the angarkha. Headgear includes turbans, the Jinnah Cap, also called Karakul, Fez, also called Rumi Topi, and Taqiyah (cap). Peshawari chappal and Khussa are popular foot wear.
Marriageable age and divorce. Divorce in Pakistan is regulated by the Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act (1939, amended in 1961) and the Family Courts Act (1964). The Child Marriage Restraint Act or CMRA (1929) set the marrying age for women at 16; in the province of Sindh, as per the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act, it is 18.
The founding of the Islamic state of Pakistan immediately prior to the creation of Israel in the Levant created insecurity among Pakistan's Jews. After Israel's independence in 1948, violent acts were committed against Pakistan's small Jewish community of about 2,000 Bene Israel Jews. The synagogue in Karachi was attacked, as were individual Jews.
The Inter-Services Intelligence ( ISI; Urdu: بین الخدماتی استخبارات, romanized : bayn al-khidmati estekhbarat) is the largest and best-known component of the Pakistani intelligence community. It is responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing any information from around the world that is deemed relevant to Pakistan ...
The 2024 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup – Men's tournament is the ninth edition of this continental championship. The event will be held in the Austrian capital, Vienna. [1]
Men overall accounted for 76% of all adults and adolescents living with HIV infection at the end of 2010 in the United States, and 80% (38,000) of the estimated 47,500 new HIV infections. 69% of men living with HIV were gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.