Over 100 activists of Pakistan Tehreek e-Insaf (PTI) party have been arrested for staging rallies across Punjab province to demand jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s release and condemn the toppling of his government three years ago, police said on Friday.
PTI’s Punjab chief organiser Aliya Hamza Malik said despite...
Pakistan has distanced itself from the 2008 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana and said that it is “very clear” that he is of Canadian nationality.
Rana is being extradited to India, and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will take custody of him upon arrival. Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani-Canadian national,...
Pakistan has forcibly deported 11,371 Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan through the Torkham border. According to media reports, over 3,669 Afghan refugees were repatriated through the border crossing yesterday. Several forcibly deported individuals stated that they were arrested by Pakistani police while at work and deported to Afghanistan, leaving...
Paank, Baloch National Movement’s human rights department, firmly denounces the excessive and violent actions taken by Pakistani security forces against peaceful demonstrators in Wadh, Balochistan.
In a post on X by Paank, the protesters were exercising their inherent right to peaceful assembly, voicing their concerns over the unlawful detention of...
Anila Gulzar, a prominent human rights activist from Pakistan, has condemned gender discrimination and atrocities against women in Pakistan.
Anila, who belongs to the Christian minority group in Pakistan, stated, “Pakistan has long struggled with gender inequality and systemic violence against women. Despite legal frameworks designed to protect women’s rights,...
Politicians and human rights organizations have called on the European Union (EU) to suspend Pakistan’s preferential tariff benefits for exports under the Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) until the country takes concrete steps to address widespread human rights violations and religious persecution, according to a report by Human...
Pakistan remains in the news for all the wrong reasons. The fifth Baloch insurgency that has continued with varying intensity since 2005 has taken an ominous turn with attacks of ever-growing ferocity and sophistication by pro-independence Baloch militias. A train carrying around 400 passengers, including several army personnel, was...
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has ordered an inquiry into an alleged ‘drone strike’ that killed nine members of the Gujjar community, as the group warned of protests against the killings.
According to the community, nine of its members — all shepherds — were killed in strike launched as part of...
Pakistan faces a severe water shortage crisis, significantly affecting agriculture and livelihoods across the country. However, in the face of this challenge, farmers in Hyderabad have taken proactive measures to address this growing issue
With the support of the Sindh government's Water Management Program, farmers have constructed small dams on their lands to conserve water...
Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces are already fighting rebellion. But now there is chaos in POK i.e. Pakistan occupied Kashmir as well. Pakistan is not able to control Balochistan, and at the same time, there has been a threat from POK that ‘if an attempt is made to...
