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

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

Pakistan monsoon death toll reaches 43 as Punjab and KP report new casualties
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Pakistan monsoon death toll reaches 43 as Punjab and KP report new casualties

Pakistan monsoon death toll hits 43 as Punjab and KP report fresh casualties, with authorities warning of more heavy rain and flooding ahead

Teenage son of Pakistani newspaper editor shot dead in Lahore
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Teenage son of Pakistani newspaper editor shot dead in Lahore

Teenage son of a Pakistani newspaper editor was shot dead in Lahore while heading to court with his father, police say

Lahore court sends deputy PM's grandson to judicial custody in rape case
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Lahore court sends deputy PM's grandson to judicial custody in rape case

Lahore court sends Deputy PM Ishaq Dar's grandson and three co-accused to judicial custody in an abduction and rape case

Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly resolution seeks nationwide under-16 social media restrictions
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Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly resolution seeks nationwide under-16 social media restrictions

MPA Sarah Ahmad's resolution does not create law but urges Punjab's government to push Islamabad for age verification rules protecting children online

Supreme Court acquits last three men on death row in 2014 Christian couple lynching
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Supreme Court acquits last three men on death row in 2014 Christian couple lynching

Top court acquits the final three death row convicts in the 2014 Kot Radha Kishan Christian couple lynching case.