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— Malala Yousafzai, 24 January 2009 BBC blog entry In February 2009, girls' schools were still closed. In solidarity, private schools for boys had decided not to open until 9 February, and notices appeared saying so. On 7 February, Yousafzai and her brother returned to their hometown of Mingora, where the streets were deserted, and there was an "eerie silence". She wrote in her blog: "We ...
Prostitution in Pakistan is a taboo culture of sex-trade that exists as an open secret but illegal. Prostitution is largely based in organisational setups like brothels or furthered by individual call girls. [ 1][ 2] The sex trade is illegal in the country due to the declaration of extramarital sex as an immoral activity.
2021 Minar-e-Pakistan mass sexual assault. On 14 August 2021, Ayesha Akram, a social media celebrity, was sexually assaulted by a crowd at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] In a video recording of the incident that went viral days later, the crowd was seen picking up the woman, throwing her up in the air between them, tearing off ...
Heera Mandiہیرا منڈی. / 31.586167101203753; 74.30980680775039. Heera Mandi ( Urdu and Punjabi: ہیرا منڈی, lit. 'Diamond Market'), is a neighbourhood and bazaar located in the Walled City of Lahore. It is specifically known as the red light district of Lahore, Pakistan. [1] [2] It is believed to have been originally named 'Hira ...
Murder of Zainab Ansari. Zainab Amin Ansari ( Urdu: زینب امین انصاری; c. 2010 – January 2018) was a seven-year-old Pakistani girl who was abducted in her hometown of Kasur, Punjab while she was on her way to Quran recitation classes on 4 January 2018. Her body was found discarded five days later within a garbage disposal site ...
On 30 June 2020 she was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed as Surgeon General of Pakistan Army. In 2015, she was the deputy commandant of the Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi . [ 10 ] On 9 February 2017, Nigar Johar was among the 37 brigadiers who were promoted to the rank of major general.
Faced with resistance from the Sikhs and Hindus in the divisional headquarters of Rawalpindi, Muslim mobs banded together and turned to the countryside. [30] [17] [31] [f] The mobs went on a rampage, engaging in arson, looting, massacres and rape, one village after the other in the districts of Rawalpindi, Jhelum and Cambellpur (present-day ...
Website. Official Website. Rawalpindi ( / rɔːlˈpɪndi /; Punjabi, Urdu: راولپنڈی, romanized : Rāwalpinḍī; pronounced [ɾɑːʋəlpɪnɖiː] ⓘ [5]) is the third-largest city in the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is a commercial and metropolitan city, being the fourth most populous in Pakistan. It is located near the Soan River ...