US women condemn Dupatta flinging!
NEW YORK – Protesting against the act of flinging away of Dupatta by NWFP MPA Nighat Orakzai in the assembly, the US women have said that Nighat Orakzai not only made her own head bare but also of the women in general. Talking to the Nawa-i-Waqt they said that the…
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