In a sharp and unprecedented escalation, Gideon Sa'ar, Israel's Foreign Minister, has publicly rebuked Pakistan's leadership, marking a rare direct diplomatic confrontation between two nations that do not maintain formal ties. The statement, issued on social media, was aimed at comments made by Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and comes just...
A Pakistani national has pleaded guilty to attempting to commit an ISIS-inspired attack at a Jewish centre here in 2024, around the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, which he boasted would be the largest strike on US soil since the 9/11 strikes.
Muhammad Shahzeb Khan,...
A fresh controversy has erupted around Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's post on US-Iran ceasefire on X has become a point of discussion and triggered widespread debate. Shehbaz's Sharif apparent 'draft' message was mistakenly published on X and later edited and the post has now caught the attention of netizens.
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In Pakistan, minority communities, particularly Christians, continue to face a disturbing struggle even in burial. The lack of adequate graveyard space has turned mourning into an ordeal, raising serious ethical and human rights concerns, as reported by The Express Tribune.
According to The Express Tribune, Imran Yousaf Masih, a college...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, HRCP have called for an immediate judicial inquiry into the killing of over 1,000 people in staged encounters by a special police force formed by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.
According to an official of HRCP, over 1,000...
With the conflict in West Asia and the Gulf region impacting energy supplies, common people in Pakistan are facing the brunt of the fuel crisis. Residents of Karachi have expressed strong anger after the government sharply increased fuel prices, pushing petrol to a record PKR 458.40 per litre and...
Pakistan is working feverishly to end a war in one country on its border, even as it has declared “open war” on another.
The South Asian nation has emerged as an unlikely mediator in global efforts to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. But it is also engaged in its most severe fighting in decades with...
A fact-finding report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has raised concerns over the shrinking civic space in Punjab, warning that increasing restrictions on rights-based NGOs indicate a growing trend of democratic regression in Pakistan, as reported by The Express Tribune.
Titled "Regulation or Restriction?", the report highlights that...
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday accused the judges in the country of “selling their souls for personal privileges”, saying he and his wife are not getting justice from courts.
Khan, 73, has been incarcerated since August 2023 and is currently lodged in the high-security Adiala Jail,...
