In Pakistan, a feminist hero is under fire and on the run | World News, The Indian Express

In Pakistan, a feminist hero is under fire and on the run | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Updated: August 9, 2019 10:35:24 pm

In Pakistan, a feminist hero is under fire and on the run

For two months, practically no one has seen her. Pakistan’s security services, known as among this region’s most cunning and brutal, cannot find her.

In a photo by Saiyna Bashir, Gulalai Ismail during a session with her staff members and others at the office of Aware Girls in Peshawar, Pakistan, Juan. 21, 2019. Gulalai Ismail has been celebrated around the world for groundbreaking work helping women and girls. Pakistan considers her an enemy of the state. (NYT)

Written by Jeffrey Gettleman