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Pakistani women have reacted to a suggestion that men can beat their wives 'lightly'.

In Pakistan, the Council of Islamic Ideology (who act as an advisory body to the government on religious matters) has recently suggested that men should be allowed to beat their wives - as long as it is done β€˜lightly’. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Pakistan correspondent Shaimaa Khalil tells Kate Lamble how the ruling provoked a social media storm.

(Photo: One of the women who reacted to the suggestion in Pakistan. Credit: Fahhad Rajper)

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