Activist Gulalai Ismail `escapes` to New York, applies for political asylum
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Rights activist Gulalai Ismail escaped Pakistani authorities last month and has reached the United States, where she has applied for political asylum, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The US publication said that the 32-year-old is currently residing with her sister in Brooklyn, New York. She has not disclosed how she managed to leave the...