SARGODHA, PAKISTAN: A teenage Christian boy in Sargodha has been in prison on blasphemy charges for over a year, despite being declared a juvenile by a court, with appeals against his arrest facing unnecessary delays. Akash Karamat, who was arrested on August 27, 2023, is...

Clashing tribes in the restive Kurram district of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province finally signed a peace agreement on Wednesday to end over two months of deadly violence in the area, but a former parliamentarian from Parachinar has little hope that the deal will succeed.  Sajid Turi,...

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations special rapporteurs have written a letter to the government of Pakistan, voicing their concerns over militant assaults on girls' schools in Pakistan. In the letter, Farida Shaheed, special rapporteur on the right to education; Reem Alsalem, special rapporteur on violence against...

ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the conviction of 25 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters by military courts over their alleged involvement in the May 9 riots. In a statement posted on its social media account, the HRCP said, "In response to today's...

Pakistan- A 40-year-old Ahmadi man was reportedly axed to death in Rawalpindi, in what the community has described as a faith-based attack. Tayyab Ahmad, who was in Rawalpindi visiting his brother, is survived by a widow. The incident took place at the workplace of the slain man’s...

Pakistan - The number of deaths from the sectarian conflict in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram district has increased, with two more people killed and ten others wounded in recent shooting incidents. The death toll from the violence now stands at 124. The cycle of violence has entered...