Investigative Reports

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: One-and-a-half-year-old Irfan, sitting in his mother’s lap at a private shelter home, is continually trying to divert his mother’s attention as tears are rolling down her cheeks while she explains her suffering at…

Wraa Noor Haider Islamabad: Pakistan is a densely populated, low-income country with an estimated 21 million people. The general population’s lack of awareness, unhygienic lifestyles and poor sanitary conditions in populated areas are…

 Sanam Junejo Islamabad: It is no secret that Pakistan and India have been arch rivals since gaining their independence in 1947. They have fought three major wars, engaged in several armed skirmishes, and been involved in an effort to…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: The PenPK.com has learnt from the information obtained by Boota Imtiaz Masih from the Cabinet Davison under the RTI Act section 19 –A that the federal government spent an estimated Rs27.5 million on foreign…

Fazal Rahman Bajaur: There are 265 villages in Bajaur district where there are no primary schools for girls or boys or for both, according to the District Education Officer (DEO) Shireenzada. There are some villages, for example,…

APP Quetta: As the sole breadwinner for his 13 members' family, Dil Murad used to earn Rs 200 to Rs 400 per day by collecting rags from trash cans and public dumps as means of subsistence. He was leading a difficult but happy life when…

Kamran Ali Peshawar: “Not just the name of the vehicle, but the vehicle should be flashy and shiny at all times,” said 27-year-old Malik Adil Zada of Peshawar. He visits the car wash station twice a week and “never thought about the…

Zareef Baloch Quetta: Yar Mohammad Sakim, a 60-year-old farmer from Kech, is one of the victims of recent Monsoon flood devastations in Balochistan. Sakim’s date palm farms have been ruined which was his major source of income to sponsor…

Kamran Ali Peshawar: ‘Shadu and Melo’, these words have been heard a lot recently by every resident of Charsadda district and then by almost every Pakistani through the media. Both are names of animals in Pashto language. ‘Shado’ means…

Shazia Mehboob In the wake of recent floods across Pakistan, the risk of waterborne diseases has increased manifolds. According to the state-issued statistics, an estimated 33 million people, a large majority of whom are women and…