The assassination of a teacher of an all-girls school in the Khyber tribal district on 25 March and the murder of the principal of the Baldia Town school in Karachi on 30 March, are a stark reminder to the world of the persistence of threats, intimidation, arson attacks and sometimes even murder that are the weapons used in a war against girls accessing educational opportunities. On-going attacks on teachers and schools have caused outrage in the international community, in Pakistan itself and among educators worldwide.