Transitions: Mahmud Ali Durrani
Mahmud Ali Durrani campaigned for the emancipation of women, for reform of the laws concerning rape laws concerning marriage. She organized a marathon open to men and women. In the peculiar mix of military dictatorship and participatory multi-party democratic contrivance of Pakistan, she was, until yesterday, the Minister for Society in the government of General Pervez Musharraf.
She was shot once in the head yesterday while participating at a political rally at the headquarters of the Moslem League. The man who shot and killed her disapproved of political feminism.