How a Harvard dream ended in tragedy for a Pakistani family

Islamabad, Pakistan – The sign above the Rana Malik Center, a dairy shop in Islamabad’s G-10 neighbourhood, advertises milk, fresh yoghurt, lassi and desi ghee. Rana Muhammad Ijaz has lived with his family in the apartment above for more than three decades.

Sitting outside his shop in late October, Ijaz recalled how his youngest daughter, Laiba, would make tea for him every morn...