In Pakistan, a dark trade comes to light


	In Pakistan, a dark trade comes to light

arifsali

5-19-2008 1:09 PM

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																	BANGKOK - Prostitution in the Islamic nation of Pakistan, once relegated to 
																	dark alleys and small red-light districts, is now seeping into many 
																	neighborhoods of country's urban centers. Reports indicate that since the 
																	period of civilian rule ended in 1977, times have changed and now the sex 
																	industry is bustling.
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																	Early military governments and religious groups sought to reform areas like the 
																	famous "Taxali Gate" district of Lahore by displacing prostitutes and their 
																	families in an effort to "reinvent" the neighborhood.
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																	While displacing the prostitutes might have temporarily made the</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JE17Df02.html">
																	once small red-light district a better neighborhood for a time, it did little 
																	to stop the now dispersed prostitutes from plying their trade. Reforming a 
																	neighborhood, instead of offering education and alternative opportunities, 
																	appears to be at the core of early failures to curb the nascent sex industry.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JE17Df02.html">This mistake would become a prophetic error as now the tendrils of the sex 
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