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Commission on the Status of Women, Fauzia Viqar, applauded the move, saying that it would empower wronged women
50:, Southern Punjab or religious fundamentalists. A gender studies consultant, however, writes that it is also found within the urban elite of Pakistan because they can afford to keep and maintain more than one wife and their children. That said, it is still considered to be low in number.
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