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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...

‘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...

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...

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...

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...

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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9-year-old Disabled Child Raped,...

In a second such incident reported this month, a nine-year-old disabled child was found raped and murdered in Karachi's...

Prayer Leader, His Student...

A nine-year-old boy was gang-raped by a prayer leader and head of the seminary along with his senior student...

Human Rights Watch Slams...

The Human Rights Watch has slammed the government for forcibly evicting farmers near Lahore for an "illegal" infrastructure project,...

Faisalabad Policeman Dismissed From...

A Faisalabad policeman has been dismissed from his job for celebrating the release of former prime minister Imran Khan,...

PTI Leader Fawad Chaudhry...

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry was presented before Cantt Court in Lahore after being arrested by the...

HRW Urges Pakistan To...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Pakistani authorities to end "arbitrary" arrests of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and supporters...

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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...

‘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...

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...

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...