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In Pakistan’s Balochistan, one woman grows her ice cream business, scoop by creamy scoop

  • Lubna Farooq set up pushcart selling ice cream in 2001, today she owns one of the most successful ice cream businesses in Balochistan
  • Lubna’s ice cream plant employes 25 people, can produce up to 850 liters a day, delivered and sold in Quetta and other provincial towns
By SAADULLAH AKHTER ·
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In Pakistan, social media gives women a space to speak up — at their own risk

By Sabah Bano Malik ·

For the first time, Saudi women stand guard in Makkah during Hajj

By Reuters ·
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Golden girl: UAE expat is UN’s first Pakistani Girl Up teen adviser

By ASMA ALI ZAIN ·

OIC chief stresses women’s role in economic, social, cultural fields

By SPA ·

For girl student in Balochistan, empowerment comes on two wheels in boy’s outfit

By SAADULLAH AKHTER ·
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Road to freedom: Istanbul academic begins solo motorcycle tour of Africa 

By MENEKSE TOKYAY ·

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In a first, Pakistani power company appoints five women grid operators

By NAIMAT KHAN ·
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Feats of two Saudis offer glimpse of Arab region’s female science talent

By Caline Malek ·
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Youngest MP from Pakistan’s north hopes ‘second home’ Saudi Arabia will help uplift birth region

By NAIMAT KHAN ·

First female director appointed to Pakistan Cricket Board

By AP ·
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With father’s support and boyish haircut, girl pioneers women’s boxing in southwestern Pakistan

By SAADULLAH AKHTER ·

Saudi W20 presidency ‘extraordinary,’ says Australia head

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