Re: horrifying reality
Well, from the article itself:
“In Pakistan, female circumcision is practiced by a few communities along the Iran-Balochistan border, and a few isolated tribes, as well as the Dawoodi Bohra community. Having said as much, here it is mostly not done very invasively, as opposed to some African countries where FGM/C may involve removal of the entire clitoris and labia.”
Many years back I did some research to establish the attitudes and prevalence of FGM in the Indian subcontinent and the above is also what I found.