Pakistan Gender News Gender News From Pakistan

By: Sumaira Jajja KARACHI: A woman can do just about anything a man can, all she requires is ‘opportunity’, said 22-year-old Samina Baig, speaking at the jam packed Aga Khan University Hospital’s gymnasium, with her talk aptly titled ‘No Mountain ...

By: Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: No mountain is high enough for Samina Baig, who became the first Pakistani woman to climb all seven highest peaks in the seven continents in just under eight months. “We had the greatest honour to hoist ...

By: Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: A Pakistani woman has made history by writing the Holy Book of Quran with her hands in beautiful calligraphy to send a message of peace and spirituality in response to the rising level of Islamophobia ...

By: Joe Evans Devotion and Defiance is an outstanding political autobiography of a courageous Pakistani woman and her efforts to fight social injustice. She does this without falling into the trap of claiming to be the one and only saviour ...

KHAIRPUR: Speakers at a national conference on ‘status of women in Pakistan’ put blame on lack of democracy and entrenched feudal system for the widening gap between genders in education and called for steps to curb sexual harassment, violence against ...