In a shocking and infuriating development, Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has outright rejected a bill aimed at criminalizing child marriages in Islamabad, branding it “un-Islamic.” This regressive stance is not just a blow to progress—it’s a brutal betrayal of millions of children trapped in one of the world’s most […]
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 […]
The brutal killing of 17-year-old Sana Yousaf, a young TikTok sensation from Chitral, in her own home in Islamabad’s G-13 Sector is yet another chilling reminder of Pakistan’s failure to safeguard the lives of its innocent youth. Shot dead at close range by an unknown assailant who brazenly entered her house […]