Books not bullets: Malala opens school for Syrian refugee girls
BEKAA VALLEY: Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon on Sunday by opening a school for...
From slander to murder? Woman burnt alive by in-laws, suspects arrested
By Obaid Abbasi RAWALPINDI: A woman who was set on fire by her sister-in-law and another relative in the Chontra area on Friday was pronounced...
Man kills stepson; woman slaughtered by husband
Karachi: A man killed his stepson over some domestic dispute in Mehmoodabad while a disgruntled husband slaughtered his wife and then slit his own throat...
Women in rural Pakistan champion the cause of population planning
By Farahnaz Zahidi KARACHI: Her father earns a meager Rs4000 a month as a gate keeper in the village school. Yet, this 18-year-old girl, whose...
One death too many: One death in childbirth every 37 minutes
By Sehrish Wasif ISLAMABAD: One woman dies in every 37 minutes in Pakistan from complications during childbirth indicating poor maternal healthcare in the country. The...