Girls made to attend boys schools in KP
November 18, 2013
By: MOHAMMAD ASHFAQ PESHAWAR: Every fourth girl student of those enrolled in government schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is compelled to get education at primary level
Social Issues
Putting a ban on child marriage
November 15, 2013
IT would be ‘child bride’ season in rural Pakistan as soon as Moharram is over. Just like last year, this year too I have received
Malala steals Glamour Awards show
November 13, 2013
NEW YORK: There was a flamboyant pop star, a legendary singer, a TV star, some supermodels and one of the world’s most powerful philanthropists. Even
Combating child marriages
November 12, 2013
Sir: The ‘child bride marriage season’ will come again in rural Pakistan, just after Moharram. I have received several wedding invitations from my acquaintances and
To ban or not to ban: Curriculum authority washes hands of ‘I am Malala’ ban
November 12, 2013
LAHORE: The Punjab Curriculum Authority (PCA), which has the mandate to decide which books can be part of the curriculum in schools, has distanced itself
Divorced for bearing third daughter
November 11, 2013
FAISALABAD: A woman was divorced on Sunday shortly after she returned home after giving birth to a baby girl. This was her third daughter. Ghulam
Private schools ban Malala’s book
November 11, 2013
Private schools have been barred from buying a book written by global education icon Malala Yousafzai due to its “anti-Pakistan and anti-Islam content”, a top
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