Malala Yousafzai urges Taliban to release education heroes like Matiullah Wesa
Malala Yousafzai addressing a session in Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum in January 2018. — World Economic Forum Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Peace Laureate from Pakistan, has…
Afghan girls’ fight for education continues in madrassas under Taliban
The number of Islamic schools in Afghanistan has grown since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with teenage girls increasingly attending classes after they were banned from secondary schools.…
Teacher’s license proposal to be put before Sindh cabinet, says education minister
Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah addressing the audience in the ‘1st International Teachers’ Conference’ in Karachi. — Screen grab Twitter/@sardarshah1 Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah Friday…
Oxford faculty in Pakistan to attend two-day education conference
Shehzad Roy with the Oxford faculty who are currently visiting Pakistan. — Durbeen Three senior faculty members from the University of Oxford in London are currently visiting Pakistan for attending…
Taliban cannot ‘kill quest to learn’, Malala slams women’s education ban
Activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2022 Meeting on September 20, 2022, in New York City. — AFP Pakistan’s Nobel Laureate…
World reacts to Taliban ban on female education
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (left) and US special envoy Rina Amiri.— Reuters Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice,…
Pakistan urges Afghan authorities to revisit ban on university education for women
A group of Afghan women gather outside a university in the capital a day after they were banned from higher education.— AFP ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: Pakistan urged Afghanistan on Wednesday to…
Taliban ban university education for Afghan girls
Afghan female students take entrance exams at Kabul University in Kabul in October 2022. — AFP/File The Taliban authorities on Tuesday ordered a nationwide ban on university education for females,…
