Malala Yousafzai seaks £2 million deal to publish life story
Islamabad(PFP)- The 15-year-old Pakistani girl Malala Yousufzai, who survived Pakistan Taliban militants shooting in Pakistan last year, has signed a deal worth two million pounds to publish her life story. According to Guardian London, the book “I am Malala” is scheduled for publication in autumn and will document the story of Malala Yousufzai, who was [...]
Pakistan: Women’s Empowerment and the Women’s Vote
Maha Atal Political stalemate continues in Islamabad, where government and opposition leaders have failed to reach a deal on an interim government. While a parliamentary committee meets to resolve the issue, the outgoing Prime Minister is governing the country without a cabinet or parliamentary oversight. Lucky him. In the meantime, I’ve been looking at issues [...]
Pakistan’s women are at the forefront of social change
Syed Fazl-e-Haider Brave Pakistani women have been in the vanguard of social change in a country infested with religiously radical and extremist groups. The women have also emerged as the first line of defiance against extremism in a country with a poor record in protection of women’s rights. Over many years, they have refused to [...]
Pakistan women journalists recognised
KARACHI(PFP) – The first Women in Media Awards ceremony took place at the Beach Luxury Hotel on Wednesday and celebrated the works of female Pakistani journalists. The journalists won awards in the print, television, radio and online categories. Each of the women spoke on what their story was and how they went about covering it. [...]
Pakistan women to take on England in July
LONDON(PFP) – Pakistan Women will take on England Women in two One-Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals from 1st to 5th July.Louth will host its first One-Day International before the remaining three matches, the Twenty20s on the same day, will be played at Loughborough University.Ahead of the internationals, Pakistan will play two Twenty20s and a [...]
President seeks report on rape of Pakistani origin women in Libya
ISLAMABAD – President Asif Ali Zardari has sought a report on the reported molestation of women of Pakistani origin in Libya. Three British female activists of Pakistani origin were brutally raped in front of their father by pro-government militiamen in the eastern city of Benghazi. The women are said to be “in a very bad [...]
2 British Pakistani aid activists raped in Libya
TRIPOLI – Two British activists of Pakistani origin with a humanitarian convoy destined for the Gaza Strip were subjected to a brutal gang rape by five men in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, the deputy prime minister said Thursday. The two women of Pakistani origin “were brutally raped in front of their father,” Awadh al-Barassi [...]
Pakistani Women Entrepreneurs in Washington
The Pakistan embassy in Washington held a reception for a group of women entrepreneurs from Pakistan who finished their two-week training at Thunderbird School of Global Management.
‘Pak blessed with world’s most talented women’
Islamabad—Pakistani women count among the most world talented professionals and a silent knowledge revolution is underway in the country. This was stated by experts at a seminar-cum-networking session at embassy residence of Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Singapore with special reference to appointment of Ms Shamshad Akhter as Assisstant UN Secretary General. “Pakistan is blessed with [...]