Andleeb Shah

Malala Yousafzai at the Girl Summit 2014. Photo by: DFID - UK Department for International Development.

Malala Yousafzai: Why Pakistanis Think She’s a Fraud

Andleeb Shah6 years ago6 years ago010 mins

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (ViaNews) – Malala Yousafzai is a human rights activist and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Despite her impressive curriculum at such an early age, 21 years old, her popularity among the Pakistan population is somewhat low. Let’s find out why. She was born in the small village in the Swat District in the…

Women from Rawalpindi queued to vote for Pakistan's elections. Photo by: Rachel Clayton/Department for International Development.

Pakistan Elections: Muslim Party Cast 8% Fewer Votes, Non-Muslim Voters Increase by 30%

Andleeb Shah6 years ago6 years ago06 mins

ISLAMABAD, Pakistam (ViaNews) – The general election in Pakistan revealed a very interesting fact. According to Pakistan’s English-language news portal, Dawn.com, the number of voters pertaining to religious minorities in the country has climbed 30%. That’s an increase of almost one million non-muslim people, in a country where 96.57% of the population is Muslim. Previous…