Gender Issues

Another schoolgirl threatened

PESHAWAR: After the deadly attack on activist Malala Yousufzai a few weeks ago, another schoolgirl from Swat, Hina Khan, who was a pioneer in raising

Teenage girl rescued from sex trade

By: Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: Police have rescued a teenage girl from the illegal custody of a couple who were planning to sell her in Afghanistan,

Man kills sister on suspicion

FAISALABAD: A youth shot his sister dead on suspicion in Sadar Jhang police limits on Sunday.According to police, Irfan alias Kaka of Patoana village suspected

Malala and the ‘terrorist mindset’

By: Asif Ezdi The attack on Malala Yousafzai was an act of primitive barbarism and is utterly reprehensible. Equally condemnable is the “justification” offered by

3 women stabbed to death

DASKA: An old man stabbed his wife and her sister to death for “honour” in Daska city’s Younasabad area while a farmer killed his wife

Another acid attack

By: SANA AFRIDI According to the Acid Survivor Foundation (ASF), some 84 women have been disfigured by acid in Pakistan this year alone. The latest