Good Practices: Pakistan

Badam Zari (right) campaigning ahead of the elections. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS.

Pakistan: Daring Woman Enters the Contest

By Ashfaq Yusufzai BAJAUR AGENCY, Pakistan, Apr 9 2013 (IPS) – “My sole motive is to serve my people, especially women who have had no role in politics so far. I feel we can make progress only by bringing in … Continue reading →

Schoolgirls at a demonstration in Peshawar in support of Malala Yousafzai. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS.

Pakistan: Girls Determined to Fight Guns With Books

By Ashfaq Yusufzai Peshawar, Oct 12 2012 (IPS) – Shazia Begum, one of three girls injured in the attack on the Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai says the Taliban had sought to silence a very influential schoolgirl. “Malala is a source … Continue reading →

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa education minister Sardar Hussain Babak with girl students who excelled in the examinations. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS.

Pakistan: Schoolgirls Beat Taliban

By Ashfaq Yusufzai Peshawar, Pakistan, Jul 28 2012 (IPS) – Far from fears that female education is on the decline after the Taliban campaign against girls’ schools, female students outclassed their male counterparts in the secondary school examination for 2012. … Continue reading →

Villagers in Khaipur district, Sindh, are discovering the joys of green construction using local material. Credit: Heritage Foundation

Pakistan: After the Flood, Green Homes

By Zofeen Ebrahim Karachi, Jul 28 (IPS) – Subhan Khatoon’s brand new home is nothing like the one that got washed away, along with all her worldly goods, in the 2010 monsoon floods that submerged a fifth of Pakistan and … Continue reading →