Police in Pakistan have accused a man of arranging to sell his 12-year-old daughter into prostitution in a case that highlights the dramatic abuses inflicted on women and children in some parts of the country.
A popular female singer has been shot dead in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. The killing is the latest in a string of attacks against female artists in the conservative province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, where the performing arts are widely considered to be un-Islamic.
Peace activists in Pakistan have targeted celebrations of Eid al-Fitr as the perfect time to launch their war on toy guns.
