*ISLAMABAD – PTM’s Gulalai Ismail was arrested by the Koral police inPeshawar on Monday.*
Two cases have been registered against her in Islamabad under theanti-terrorism act for delivering ‘anti-state’ speeches.
Gulalai, a Pashtun and women’s rights activist, was in 2017 awarded the‘Reach all Women in War’ Anna Politovskaya Award.
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She co-founded a non-governmental organisation, Aware Girls, with sisterSaba Ismail in 2002. The organisation aims to strengthen the leadershipskills of young people, especially women and girls, enabling them to act asagents of change for women empowerment and peace building.
