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

Pakistan police rescue woman held in chains for 12 years in Bahawalnagar
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Pakistan police rescue woman held in chains for 12 years in Bahawalnagar

Pakistani police rescued a 32-year-old woman who had been chained in a room for 12 years after her family forcibly ended her court marriage to a man of another caste

Punjab police arrest three suspects after 18-year-old student dies following alleged rape
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Punjab police arrest three suspects after 18-year-old student dies following alleged rape

Police have also arrested the main suspect in the rape and murder of an 18-year-old college student

Two Militants Killed in Counterterrorism Operation in Southwest Pakistan
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Two Militants Killed in Counterterrorism Operation in Southwest Pakistan

Punjab's CTD killed two TTP militants, including a senior commander, in a firefight in the Koh-e-Sulaiman range after drone surveillance confirmed their presence in the area

Can haq mehar be claimed without a nikkah nama? Court says yes
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Can haq mehar be claimed without a nikkah nama? Court says yes

A new LHC ruling clarifies that haq mehar is not limited to what is written in the nikkah nama

Pakistan court upholds death sentences of convicts in Sialkot-Lahore Motorway gang rape case
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Pakistan court upholds death sentences of convicts in Sialkot-Lahore Motorway gang rape case

Lahore High Court dismissed appeals by Abid Malhi and Shafqat Bagga on Wednesday, upholding death sentences handed down for the 2020 motorway gang rape

LHC partly suspends PKR 5M damages order against Meesha Shafi in Ali Zafar case
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LHC partly suspends PKR 5M damages order against Meesha Shafi in Ali Zafar case

Lahore High Court has partially suspended damages order against Meesha Shafi in Ali Zafar defamation case, ordering her to deposit half the amount.