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Of women, mountains, equality and success

August 29, 2014

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

Samina Baig becomes first Pakistani woman to conquer seven highest peaks

July 27, 2014

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

Pakistani woman calligraphs Quran in 15 years

July 7, 2014

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

One woman, many battles

July 2, 2014

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

Lack of democracy, feudalism blamed for widening gender gap in education

May 10, 2014

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