Category: Pakistan

Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

March 9, 2017

At only 17-yr old, Malala Yousafzai was the youngest recipient, at the time in 2014, as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her courageous advocacy of girls education in her home region of Swat District, Pakistan. Blogged for BBC as early as 11-yr old and almost died from being assassinated by a Taliban soldier when … More Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

PAKISTAN: Parents Accused of Human Trafficking for Attempting to Sell 15-Year-Old Daughter for Dhs10,000

April 16, 2014

By Ali Shouk on March 20, 2104— “The Pakistani couple appeared at Dubai Court of First Instance on Thursday. Prosecutors said they came to Dubai as visitors with their daughter last August and forced her to sleep with men for money, claiming they needed the cash as they were broke. One client paid them Dhs16,000 … More PAKISTAN: Parents Accused of Human Trafficking for Attempting to Sell 15-Year-Old Daughter for Dhs10,000

ENGLAND: Ringleader of Human Trafficking Gang that Arranged Sham Marriages Jailed

April 8, 2014

Published on the Dewsbury Reporter on April 1, 2014— “A Dewsbury man who was the ringleader of a human trafficking gang that arranged sham marriages has been jailed. Sandor Orsos, of Crawshaw Street, and Pakistani Shahbaz Khan, from Bury, headed up a gang that trafficked three women from Hungary into the UK through the Port … More ENGLAND: Ringleader of Human Trafficking Gang that Arranged Sham Marriages Jailed

PAKISTAN: Nationals Try to Migrate to Escape Persecution as Human Trafficking Increases

February 8, 2014

Families sit at the back of a van with their belongings, while fleeing a military offensive against the Pakistani Taliban, as they enter Bannu, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Jan. 22, 2014. By Ayaz Gul on January 23, 2014— “A new U.N. study says human trafficking from and through Pakistan has increased during the past … More PAKISTAN: Nationals Try to Migrate to Escape Persecution as Human Trafficking Increases