NA assails militants’ ‘ban’ on girls’ education
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: The National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the ‘ban’ imposed by militants on girls’ education and destruction of schools...
Female empowerment and the promise of microfinance
Recently, I came across a quote from Edmund Burke, an Anglo-Irish statesman of the eighteenth century, “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil...
Militants blow up five more schools
MINGORA, Jan 19: Suspected militants blew up five government schools in Swat on Monday. The schools are: high school for boys in Tawheedabad, high school...
CJ seeks reports on girl’s slaughter, acid throwing
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Monday directed the Islamabad IGP to submit a report regarding the slaughter of a twelve-year-old girl by unknown...
TTP warns Malakand board
By Mazhar Tufail ISLAMABAD: With private educational institutions in the strife-torn Swat Valley likely to slam their doors on more than 50,000 female students under...