The ghastly attack on the Christian community in Jaranwala is yet another testament to the systemic violence and discrimination faced by religious minorities in Pakistan. Faced with majoritarian prejudice, legal and social exclusion and violent attacks by extremists, their own country has turned into nothing short of an inferno....
NEW DELHI: Pakistan's interim finance minister Shamsad Akhtar on Wednesday said the country's economic situation is "worse than anticipated", according to a report in the Dawn newspaper. This even as protests continued across Pakistan with people demanding relief against surging electricity bills.
The minister also ruled out subsidies to ease the burden...
Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) is in the news for anti-Pakistan protests. Various news reports referred to a video on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and said that locals gathered in large numbers in Skardu to express their anger against Pakistani government demanding immediate release of their leaders....
The Overseas Pakistani Christian Alliance (OPCA) and Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) organized a major demonstration in the Netherlands’ The Hague to voice their concerns over the recent attack on churches and Christian settlements in Pakistan.
According to the press release from Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), the event culminated in...
A number of individual and team landmarks were overhauled during the Pakistan batting innings against Nepal in the Asia Cup 2023 opener at Multan.
Babar Azam won the toss and invited Nepal to take the field on what appeared to be a decent batting strip. The Asia Cup debutants showed...
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sent to judicial remand for two weeks on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer says.
Khan’s custody was extended till September 13 to investigate him in the so-called “cypher” case after a special court held the proceedings on the jail premises in Attock...
So, how many ports is China building in Pakistan’s conflicted province Balochistan? Surprisingly, it could be as many as three and all in Pakistan’s poorest province of Balochistan.
For the world, it is the Gwadar port that is in the spotlight. However, Baloch organisations say China is interested in building...
Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan admitted misplacing a confidential diplomatic cable as he was interrogated by Pakistan's top investigative agency at the Attock Jail in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act for wrongful use of the classified document.
Khan, 70, is currently serving a three-year jail term...
As an angry mob, motivated by blasphemy claims, set fire to churches and wreaked havoc on Christian homes in Jaranwala tehsil of Faisalabad recently, this incident in particular reminds everyone of another distressing chapter in Pakistan's history.
In an editorial, human rights activist Saima William writes that the Jaranwala incident...
