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Elderly Woman Evicted By Landlord After Son’s...

An elderly woman was evicted by her landlord in the Chakwal city of Pakistan's Punjab province, after her son, who is reportedly mentally unstable,...

Pakistan Stops Activist Mahrang Baloch From Leaving...

Pakistani activist Mahrang Baloch, a leading human rights defender from the restive Balochistan province, was prevented from boarding a flight to New York where...

At Least 18 Killed In Israeli Air...

At least 18 people lost their lives in an overnight Israeli airstrike on the Al Aqsa Martyrs Mosque located in Deir el Balah, central...

Kamala Harris Much More Popular Than Trump...

According to a recent poll, Vice President Kamala Harris's lead over former President Donald Trump among Americans under 45 years of age has reached...

Pro-Palestine DNC Delegate Assaulted For Disrupting Biden’s...

A pro-Palestine elected member of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from Florida, Nadia Ahmad, was hit in the head repeatedly with vertical signs that...

4 Killed As Israel Attacks Aid Convoy...

According to the American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera) group, a convoy transporting medical supplies and fuel to an Emirati hospital in the Gaza...

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Encourages Social Media Users...

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the country's telecommunication regulator, has released a public statement urging users to report "blasphemous" content shared by "atheists and miscreants"...

Waziristan Judge Reportedly Abducted By Taliban Returns...

Shakirullah Marwat, a district and sessions judge of South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtnkhwa, who had been kidnapped reportedly by the Taliban on Saturday, was recovered...

UN Expert Declares Israel’s Actions In Gaza...

A United Nations expert has informed the Human Rights Council that she considers Israel's military actions in Gaza since October 7 to be genocidal...

Baloch Sit-In Against Enforced Disappearance Ends As...

The Baloch activists and heirs of missing persons, who had been protesting against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings outside Islamabad's National Press Club (NPC)...

Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s Calls For Bringing Civility Back...

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman and former Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, has reiterated the need for an end to the “politics of hatred and...

The Curious Case of The ‘Missing’ Enforced...

On Monday, the Senate Secretariat claimed that the bill seeking to criminalize enforced disappearances was not lost but rather sent back to the National...

Former Lawmaker Mohsin Dawar’s Car Attacked By...

Former MNA and National Democratic Movement (NDM) Chairman Mohsin Dawar's vehicle was attacked by unknown gunmen while he was campaigning for the upcoming elections...

Major Civil Society Groups Denounce Govt’s Use...

Major civil society organizations in Pakistan have called for the dismissal of unjustified charges against political, labor, and human rights activists and the release...

Extremist Figure Involved In Targeted Killings Of...

Muham­mad Ramzan Mengal, an anti-Shia extremist figure and leader of sectarian outfit Ahle-Sunnat-Wal-Jamaat (ASWJ), is contesting for a National Assembly seat from Quetta in...

Unfazed By Police Violence, Mahrang Baloch Continues...

Mahrang Baloch, the activist leading the ongoing sit-in in Islamabad against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, has stated that the whereabouts of...

Pashtun Rights Activist Manzoor Pashteen Arrested After...

Quetta - Manzoor Pashteen, the founder of the ethnic rights group Pashtun Tahafuzz Movement (PTM), was arrested by the police in Chaman, Balochistan while...

Supreme Court Finally Hears Petition Against Pakistan’s...

While hearing a petition against the caretaker government's decision to deport Afghan nationals from the country, Supreme Court judge Justice Ayesha A. Malik noted...

Extremist Anti-Shia Cleric Attends Meeting With Army...

Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir held a meeting with clerics at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Thursday. According to a...

Balochistan Govt Detains Gwadar Rights Movement Leader...

Maulana Hidayatur Rehman Baloch, the leader of Gwadar's rights movement Haq Do Tehreek (HDT), was arrested by local authorities on Friday in a bid...

Amnesty International Asks Pakistan To Reverse Decision...

Amnesty International has called on the Pakistani government to reverse its decision to deport Afghan refugees from the country. The government had given all...

Raid At Event On Afghan Refugees’ Deportation:...

The police in Islamabad forcibly stopped a panel discussion on the issue of deportation of Afghan refugees at a community center ‘The Black Hole’...

When Pakistan’s Brigadier Zia-ul-Haq Led Military Offensive...

The ongoing bombing of Gaza by the Israeli army is generating strong reactions in Pakistan, but the Pakistan military's involvement in the killings of...

In Gaza, Desperate Residents Struggle For Water...

The Gaza Strip's inhabitants are increasingly desperate as Israeli air raids continue and a ground attack appears imminent. With homes demolished, hospitals struggling, and...

Violation of Official Secrets Act: Ex-Army Chief...

Former army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa and ex-Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Faiz Hameed have been issued notices by the Islamabad High Court (IHC)...

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UN Says Over 10 Million People In Pakistan Deprived...

The United Nations has said that over 10 million people in Pakistan still do not have access to safe drinking water in areas affected...

Balochistan’s Resources Are Being Stolen By The Centre With...

The Reko Diq saga has had more dramatic twists and turns than those of a gruesome mystery thriller, but its first chapter is still...

Amid Economic Crisis, Govt Runs Pro-Army Campaign On Media

Amid the economic crisis, the ruling coalition government is running a pro-army campaign on TV channels and social media platforms, condemning the attacks by...

On Ashura, Remembering the Victims of Anti-Shia Violence in...

Pakistan's Shia community, that makes up about 10-15 percent of the country's population, has long faced violence at the hands of extremist groups. The...

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A Baloch Mother’s Agonizing Quest To Reunite With Her Missing Son

A four-hour journey from Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, to the...

Why Pakistan’s Establishment Is Afraid of Social Media

Social media platforms, X in particular, are often demonized for spreading “fake news,” but...

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The recently-passed 26th amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, under which the Supreme Court's...

Historic Peace March in Parachinar Demands End To Violence in Region

As violence in Pakistan's restive border town of Parachinar intensified over the past few...