Malala awarded French prize

PARIS - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius welcomed Ziauddin Yousufzai on Wednesday and reaffirmed France’s commitment to women’s right and solidarity with the values demonstrated by the latter’s daughter Malala Yousufzai.

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Immy K revolutionaries and the future of ‘burger’ activism

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By Aima Khosa

Before we start some of the core arguments of this piece,I must give a little background of myself. I am,what the general Pakistani public calls,‘a burger’. I don’t want to be,of course. I don’t like the association. I brag of my Baloch descent and try to squash the . . . →Read More:Immy K revolutionaries and the future of ‘burger’ activism

Are we waiting for a miracle?

As eight anti-polio workers are killed at the hands of ‘extremists’ Pakistanis once again get swallowed into the black hole of never-ending troubles. That’s what we do with our problems. Let them build,keep putting them off. And then people die because of our own indifference. As news spreads about the 9th anti-polio worker’s death . . . →Read More:Are we waiting for a miracle?

Ziauddin Youasfzai to be UN Special Adviser on Global Education

LONDON –Ziauddin Youasfzai,father of teen education activist Malala Yousafzai’s,was on Sunday named the United Nation’s Special Adviser on Global Education.

Former British prime minister and UN Special Envoy Gordon Brown announced the appointment of Ziauddin as an adviser to assist the UN in getting every child to school by the end of . . . →Read More:Ziauddin Youasfzai to be UN Special Adviser on Global Education

British based militant organization trying to spread fitnah in Pakistan

by Mahmood Adeel

Before I saw the headlines,someone had emailed me the poster. I wish I could honestly say that I was shocked,but it’s hard to shock me these days. Certainly ‘Shariah4Pakistan’ is not a shocking conference name. We hear this regularly implied if not expressed openly on talk shows. Terming Qaid-e-Azam as . . . →Read More:British based militant organization trying to spread fitnah in Pakistan

The blight of vani and child marriages in tribal regions

By Mehreen Zahra-Malik

Practice of gifting girls in marriage to settle tribal disputes haunts areas with limited government oversight.

As international headlines for much of this month focused on the attack on 14-year-old activist Malala Yousafzai by the Taliban,what generally went unnoticed was the outrageous plight of more than a dozen young girls in . . . →Read More:The blight of vani and child marriages in tribal regions

Angelina Jolie talks about Malala

I told my kids—and you should too:Girls’ education is under threat in Pakistan,Afghanistan,and around the world. It’s time we all took a stand. By Angelina Jolie. Plus:Here’s how you can help,and sign a petition for Malala.

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Malala’s attacker was former detainee of Army

Pakistan authorities announced that a suspected Taliban member named Ataullah—who had been detained and released by the Army in 2009—is thought to be behind the attack on the 14-year-old activist.

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International icons step up to announce solidarity with Malala

Dear Friend of the Women in the World Foundation,

I want to share with you this urgent note from Tina Brown and Angelina Jolie:

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Journalists alarmed at TTP threats

Pakistan’s media have expressed alarm at Taliban threats to target journalists after critical coverage of the shooting of Malala Yousufzai.

The 14-year-old education campaigner was seriously wounded as she returned home from school in the Swat valley.

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