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

Laiba Zainab

Fields of Expertise

Education

Past Organizations

Aleema Khan detained in Lahore ahead of PTI Sept. 27 march

Imran Khan's sister detained under 3-MPO law days before PTI's Sept. 27 march, as authorities have arrested over 100 party workers.

Pakistan court dismisses cricketer Mohammad Rizwan's plea against cybercrime agency

Lahore High Court dismisses Mohammad Rizwan's plea against NCCIA notices, directing the cricketer to respond and appear before the agency

Pakistan court declares 51 PML-N leaders, workers proclaimed offenders

A Faisalabad court declared 51 PML-N leaders and workers proclaimed offenders over a 2019 rally, ordering their arrest and an October court date

LHC suspends PMDC orders to expel Afghan medical students

Lahore High Court halts PMDC directives ordering Afghan medical students to leave Pakistan, barring Punjab colleges from expelling them or blocking exams.

PTI leader Hammad Azhar arrested in May 9 cases

Azhar arrested in the May 9 violence cases, as the party calls his detention political revenge and state coercion.

Punjab opposition urges governor to block secret trials bill

Punjab opposition and rights groups ask the governor to block a secret trials bill, warning it threatens fair-trial rights under Article 10A.