More than 100 Turkish teachers facing deportation from Pakistan confront an uncertain fate, as they are unwilling to go back to their homeland, where the government has purged thousands of teachers.
The number of reported sex-abuse cases involving children rose by more than 20 percent in Pakistan last year, but activists say the rise is due in part to greater public awareness and more willingness by victims' families to come forward.
Pakistan's May 11 elections will be the first time members of the country's marginalized "third-gender" community will be allowed to vote and run for office. The 500,000-strong community's newfound political rights are just the latest sign of their progress in recent years.
Pakistan's transgender community has suffered from decades of discrimination and abuse. But a new court ruling, which among other things grants them the right to vote, has given the suppressed minority new hope.
Why have protesters returned to Cairo's Tahrir Square just six months after Egyptians forced a revolution and ousted their longstanding president, Hosni Mubarak?
