Rights

US Congress members ask Blinken to direct Pakistan to improve human rights situation

Washington, D.C.: More than 65 members of the United States Congress recently expressed concerns over the current situation in Pakistan and urged State Secretary Antony Blinken to pressurize the Pakistani government to improve the human rights situation in the country, media reports said. more

Amnesty International berates Pakistan, demands release of Mahal Baloch

Quetta, Pakistan: Today the name of a freedom fighter, Mahal Baloch, is reverberating around the world, struggling to seek justice.

Violence against women and children rising in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan

Islamabad: Pakistan-controlled Gilgit Baltistan boasts of a high literacy rate among its people, but school and college-going girls are not safe.

A Pashtun's routine ordeal in Pakistan

In a recent interview with Junaid Qureshi of the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), Pakistani journalist and human rights activist Sana Ejaz claimed that Pakistan had be ...

Imran Khan’s legacy of human rights abuses

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been deceitfully clever to hide a singular fact of his regime from the people of his country — under his regime, Pakistan became one of the most ...

US report showcases severe human rights violations in Pakistan

Islamabad: A US State Department released report on human rights violation has identified unlawful, arbitrary and extrajudicial killings and disappearances as major issues in Pakistan, me ...

Human rights abuses intensified in 2020 in Pakistan: HRW

New York: Pakistan’s government intensified its crackdown on the media, political opponents, and civil society in 2020, while failing to stem violence against women and minorities, ...

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