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ISLAMABAD: For years, Fatima would wake up in the morning and dream of going to school but her hopes for an education were crushed. Rather than joining her two brothers in school, from the age of five Fatima would set ...

Islamabad – Pakistani women and girls have made tremendous achievements during last year but we still have a long way to go before we can ensure human rights protections for all women in Pakistan, Sameena Nazir, Director PODA, a non-governmental ...

By Nisma Chauhan A recent report by the Women’s Human Rights and Gender section of the UN human rights office has stated that attacks on schoolgirls and girls’ education are on the rise. Pakistan, the country whose most famous Nobel ...

I am Malala’, the memoirs of the youngest-ever Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai will be part of George Washington University’s Leadership Programme this summer, according to the university’s website. The memoir will be incorporated in the university’s Summer Reading Series Symposium ...

By: Talimand Khan Along with another friend, I rushed to the Central Hospital in Saidu Sharif, Swat on receiving the shocking news of Malala being shot point blank in her head. Our first encounter was with the blood stained school ...