In the early hours of April 30, a nightmare unfolded for the Masih family in Lahore’s Chungi Amarsidhu neighborhood. Sixteen-year-old Jessica Iqbal, a bright and innocent Catholic girl, was taken from the safety of her home by Azeem Ullah, a 32-year-old Muslim man — a neighbor, a stranger who became a […]
In a country where the innocence of childhood has too often been buried under the weight of tradition, coercion, and silence, a rare moment of moral clarity emerged on May 16. Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously passed a bill banning child marriages—a decision that should have been made decades ago, but was […]
In the narrow alleyways of Pakistan’s villages and towns, behind closed doors and muffled cries, unfolds a heartbreaking saga of silence. It is the story of women like Shahida Bibi—fragile, unseen, and unheard—whose lives have been shaped not by choice, but by coercion, cruelty, and a society that continues to look […]