There has recently been a surge in targeted attacks on members of minority communities in Peshawar, particularly Sikhs. As a result, the Sikh community...
Pakistan has been a State Party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) since 23 June 2010. Unfortunately, however, even in...
Military rule – both overt and covert – has been terrible for Pakistan. Through its mega-sized foundations (Fauji, Shaheen, NLC, etc.) and insatiable greed...
Supreme Court of Pakistan declared former prime minister Imran Khan's arrest "illegal" on the grounds that he was detained from within the Islamabad High...
The Pakistan military denies its involvement in enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions and genocide, but it has very little credibility to begin with. Even if...
A three-day strike is being observed by merchants across Iran starting Monday. To distract attention from the vast support that this strike has been...
The Tahaffuz-e-Buneyad-e-Islam bill recently passed by the Punjab Assembly gives unprecedented powers to the provincial government to censor or ban books by barring any...
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has taken notice of the abduction of lawyer and human rights activist Jibran Nasir, whose whereabouts remain unknown...
The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Islamabad has sacked a professor after an inquiry found him guilty of harassing a...
In an apparent attempt to further harass the persecuted Ahmadi community residing in Rabwah, the Punjab government has formed “inspection committees” to stop libraries...
