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  • Hi Nadz, I know, if I were in Mukhtaran's position, I'd be a constant, quivering wreck.

    A Rape Victim Who Became a Hero 2005

  • But she still uses both, and I call her Mukhtaran when I speak to her.

    Nicholas D. Kristof 2009

  • (Mukhtar sometimes uses the name Mukhtaran Bibi, a variant of her name.)

    Nicholas D. Kristof 2009

  • This is quite evident in the Mukhtaran Mai case where a crime was committed against a woman and yet the majority of the culprits went free because of the strong power structures providing them safety.

    Maheen Usmani: Pakistan's Sexual Harassment Problem Maheen Usmani 2011

  • This is quite evident in the Mukhtaran Mai case where a crime was committed against a woman and yet the majority of the culprits went free because of the strong power structures providing them safety.

    Maheen Usmani: Pakistan's Sexual Harassment Problem Maheen Usmani 2011

  • This is quite evident in the Mukhtaran Mai case where a crime was committed against a woman and yet the majority of the culprits went free because of the strong power structures providing them safety.

    Maheen Usmani: Pakistan's Sexual Harassment Problem Maheen Usmani 2011

  • By bringing her to the US or to the UN, they were not helping Mukhtaran but promoting their own agendas.

    Tom Watson: Musharraf's Image Problem 2008

  • Mukhtaran, a tall, slim young woman who never attended school as a child, lives in a poor and remote village in the Punjab area of Pakistan.

    indescribably tough 2005

  • From Nicholas Kristof's column, "When Rapists Walk Free": One of the gutsiest people on earth is Mukhtaran Bibi.

    indescribably tough 2005

  • Mukhtaran was meant to be so shamed that she would commit suicide.

    indescribably tough 2005

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