Pakistani religious scholars declared that banning girls’ education in Afghanistan has no religious basis, urging the Kabul administration to immediately reopen schools for female students.

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Humaira Bachal knows firsthand how lack of education hurts her community. She had a cousin that died because his mother couldn’t read the expiration date on a bottle of ...

In August 2012, after returning to Pakistan from a high school exchange program in the United States, I started an evening learning center in my neighborhood on the outskirts of Pakistan’s ...

In Pakistan from the bustling cities to quiet rural areas, a force is steadily driving change. The Citizens Foundation (TCF), and, TCF-USA, are transforming the lives of underprivileged children, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The first digitally native newswire, restoring trust in the news. Feb 22, 2024, 08:32am EST CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 15: ...

ISLAMABAD -- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders not to "legitimize" the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan and instead to "raise their voices" and "use [their] power" ...

To truly understand the hunger for learning at Chand Bibi’s single-room girls’ school, all it takes is a close examination of the students’ exercise books. The hand-written Urdu letters marching the ...

Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghan families have fled to neighboring Pakistan. Some escaped their homeland so that their daughters could continue their education, ...

Pakistan’s future economy will be built through higher education. Pakistan’s economy has been traditionally rooted in agriculture and textiles but is expanding its presence in construction, renewable ...

If Pakistan truly wants to protect its women, it must first dismantle the silence and shame that surround their bodies. Each October, Pakistan turns a shade of pink. Billboards bloom across cities, ...

Suspected militants blew up a school for girls in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country's volatile northwest, badly damaging the structure but no one was harmed in the overnight ...