Rights
Islamabad:  Pakistani Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari has called for more cooperation internationally to reduce crimes related to child sexual abuse.   more
British Home Secretary Sajid Javid says ignoring the Pakistani origin of UK pedophiles will encourage extremists

London: In a candid remark, British home secretary Sajid Javid has said ignoring the ethnicity of pedophiles in the UK, most of whom he said are of Pakistani origin, will only encourage e ...

Pakistan: Two Christian brothers sentenced to death for web blasphemy

Islamabad: A Pakistani court has sentenced two Christian brothers to death for blasphemy in Pakistan, media reports said.

Canada in talks with Pakistan over Asia Bibi, says Canada PM Trudeau in Paris

Paris: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said his country is talking with Pakistan over Asia Bibi, whose acquittal of charges of blasphemy sparked massive row in South Asia, medi ...

Italy committed to helping Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi: Foreign Ministry

Milan: Amid fears for her safety following her acquittal of blasphemy after eight years on a death row, the Italian government on Wednesday said it is committed to helping Pakistani ...

Pakistan: Karachi woman directed to shun Hijab at work or resign, sparks social media storm

Karachi: In perhaps one of the first of its kinds incident in Muslim-majority Pakistan, a woman employee of a Karachi City-based software company was asked to stop wearing hijab at her wo ...

OHCHR Report on Kashmir human rights is seriously flawed and biased, says European think tank group

Amsterdam: The human rights report on Kashmir by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) glosses over the cross-border terrorism exported by Pakistan w ...

Campaign of hacking, spyware and surveillance targets human rights defenders in Pakistan: Amnesty

Islamabad: Human rights defenders in Pakistan are under threat from a targeted campaign of digital attacks, which has seen social media accounts hacked and computers and mobile phones inf ...

BRP says ISI using proxy account on Twitter to create confusion

Geneva/Islamabad: The Baloch Republican Party (BRP) has said that the Inter-Services Intelligence is using fake accounts to create confusion and undermine the former's efforts to expo ...

After London, NY, Geneva taxis carry 'Save Baloch' adverts

Geneva: Following campaigns in New York and London, Geneva too witnessed 'Save Baloch' adverts as the local taxis were adorned with "Save Baloch People from Pakistani war cri ...