Human Rights
Rights Groups Sound Alarm As Afghan Taliban Publicly Execute 4 Men...
Afghanistan's Supreme Court announced on Friday the public execution of four men, marking the largest number of executions in a single day since the Taliban regained control of the country. These executions took place in sports stadiums across three different provinces. The total number of...
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‘Will Face Oppression With Courage’: Jailed Activist Mahrang Baloch Writes Letter...
ISLAMABAD: The chairperson of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Dr. Mahrang Baloch, who was arrested last month during a protest in Quetta, wrote a letter to the people of Balochistan, denouncing the "propaganda" against her and other arrested activists. In the letter shared by the...
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In Powerful Verdict, Islamabad High Court Upholds Conviction of Rapist While...
ISLAMABAD: Upholding the conviction of a man charged with raping a 20-year-old woman, the Islamabad High Court judge Justice Babar Sattar outlined several principles about consent and social stigma in cases of rape and sexual assault. The judge ruled in the verdict that consent must...
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22 Ahmadis Arrested From Place of Worship Under Pressure From Extremist...
LAHORE: Under pressure from Islamist extremist groups, police arrested 22 members of the Ahmadi minority community, including children, in the Sialkot district of Pakistan's Punjab province while they were praying at a local place of worship. These mass arrests took place last Friday when a...
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Pakistan Govt’s Plan To Send Afghan Refugees Back To Afghanistan Raises...
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) voiced their concerns over the government of Pakistan's new plan to relocate registered Afghan refugees from Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The organizations are seeking further information on the "modality...
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PPP Leader Says PECA Amendments Will Undermine Freedom of Expression
ISLAMABAD: The Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) bill passed by Pakistan's National Assembly has been criticized by human rights activists as an attack on freedom of expression. Journalists seated in the parliament's press gallery walked out of the session as protest. Pakistan People's Party (PPP)...
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Banned Outfit Leader Incites...
Banned sectarian outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) leader Moavia Azam Tariq, who is also on the Fourth Schedule of the...
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Aurat March Organisers Engage...
Aurat March organisers called out Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Twitter for "creating chaos" during the Islamabad...
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Enforced Disappearance: Baloch Family...
HRCP condemns alleged 'enforced disappearances' Unidentified men allegedly abducted a Baloch citizen identified as Muhammad Rahim Zehri along with...
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Needed: National Consensus On...
This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?" Read more about the...
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Wife Of Baloch Man...
Fatima Baloch, the wife of Abdul Hameed Zehri who was abducted in 2021 from Karachi, has accused the law...
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بلوچ وائس فار جسٹس...
بلوچ وائس فار جسٹس نے تربت میں بالاچ بلوچ سمیت چار نوجوانوں کو جعلی مقابلے میں ماورائے عدالت قتل...
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Human Rights
Rights Groups Sound Alarm As Afghan Taliban Publicly Execute 4 Men In One Day
Afghanistan's Supreme Court announced on Friday the public execution of four men, marking the...
News
‘Will Face Oppression With Courage’: Jailed Activist Mahrang Baloch Writes Letter from Prison
ISLAMABAD: The chairperson of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Dr. Mahrang Baloch, who was...
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In Powerful Verdict, Islamabad High Court Upholds Conviction of Rapist While Defining ‘Consent’
ISLAMABAD: Upholding the conviction of a man charged with raping a 20-year-old woman, the...
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22 Ahmadis Arrested From Place of Worship Under Pressure From Extremist Mob in Sialkot
LAHORE: Under pressure from Islamist extremist groups, police arrested 22 members of the Ahmadi...