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

Police say Pakistani-American woman poisoned three children and herself in Lahore
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Police say Pakistani-American woman poisoned three children and herself in Lahore

DIG Investigations Lahore says the Valencia Town poisoning suspect had searched online for ways to die before buying cyanide from a supplier

Death toll rises to 11 in Lahore house collapse
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Death toll rises to 11 in Lahore house collapse

Lahore house collapse has killed at least 11 people, including three children, as Rescue 1122 teams search for others trapped in rubble

Lahore police book 11 officers after mistaken raid on attorney general's home
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Lahore police book 11 officers after mistaken raid on attorney general's home

Lahore police booked 11 officers, including an SHO, after a mistaken raid on Attorney General Mansoor Awan's home left staff harassed and property damaged.

Maryam tells Bilawal to accept AJK election defeat after PML-N wins Mirpur
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Maryam tells Bilawal to accept AJK election defeat after PML-N wins Mirpur

Punjab CM rejects rigging claims and urges PPP chief to accept AJK election results after her party wins nine of 13 Mirpur seats.

NCCIA probe finds PML-N MPA Saqib Chadhar guilty in Momina Iqbal harassment case
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NCCIA probe finds PML-N MPA Saqib Chadhar guilty in Momina Iqbal harassment case

Pakistan's cybercrime agency says PML-N MPA Saqib Chadhar was found guilty in the Momina Iqbal harassment probe, as a Lahore court extends his bail.

Monsoon rains kill 51 in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab as more downpours forecast
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Monsoon rains kill 51 in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab as more downpours forecast

Pakistan monsoon death toll rises to 51 in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as flash floods persist and more rain is forecast