Laiba Zainab

Laiba Zainab

Correspondent

Laiba Zainab is an award-winning journalist with nearly a decade of experience in digital media. She has received the DW & CEJ-IBA Data Journalism Award and the top digital media prize at the National Media Fellowship. At NUKTA, she covers underreported stories on health, crime, and social justice.

Fields of Expertise

Digital media, Social Issues, Feminism, Crime

Education

Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan (BZU)/ Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi

Past Organizations

The Current, University of Central Punjab (UCP), Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), Sujag, Naya Daur, City 42, Channel 24, Rohi

Azerbaijani woman leaves Pakistan under police escort
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Azerbaijani woman leaves Pakistan under police escort

An Azerbaijani woman at the center of an alleged Lahore gang-rape case left Pakistan under police escort a day after refusing to board her flight.

Lahore police arrest one suspect in alleged gang rape of Azerbaijani woman
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Lahore police arrest one suspect in alleged gang rape of Azerbaijani woman

Lahore police arrested one suspect in alleged gang rape of an Azerbaijani woman. Two remain at large, and a medical exam confirmed sexual assault, police say.

Three suspects remain at large after alleged gang rape of foreign woman in Lahore
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Three suspects remain at large after alleged gang rape of foreign woman in Lahore

Police say three suspects remain at large after a foreign woman was allegedly gang-raped in Lahore, with investigators closing in on arrests

LHC declines to suspend detention of Imran Khan's sisters, seeks replies
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LHC declines to suspend detention of Imran Khan's sisters, seeks replies

LHC declines immediate relief to Imran Khan's sisters Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, issues notices to Punjab authorities on 30-day MPO detention petitions.

Pakistan authorities brace for PTI’s September 27 Islamabad march with mass arrests
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Pakistan authorities brace for PTI’s September 27 Islamabad march with mass arrests

Punjab police and federal security forces have launched a massive security crackdown, deploying over 65,000 personnel, invoking Section 144, detaining Imran Khan's sisters under the MPO, and closing major motorways

LHC hears Junaid Hafeez appeal, seeks answers on social media evidence
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LHC hears Junaid Hafeez appeal, seeks answers on social media evidence

Lahore High Court admits Junaid Hafeez's blasphemy appeal and directs prosecutors to clarify the Facebook evidence behind his 2019 death sentence.

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