HRCP recommends reducing number of crimes punishable with death

To mark the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), joined the World Coalition Against the Death...

Grim example

The struggle to eliminate extremism from society and create a more tolerant nation cannot succeed without the state’s firm commitment to achieving this goal. But when representatives of the state themselves are found to be inv...

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The system is not clean

The Suthra Punjab Campaign was initiated with the noble aim of improving sanitation standards across Punjab. However, the campaign’s implementation has been criticized for its focus on superficial measures rather than addressi...

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JIT ordered to probe polio worker assault case

SUKKUR: District and Session Judge Jacobabad ordered constitution of JIT to investigate the sexual assault on female polio worker. District and Session Judge Jacobabad after taking notice of the incident summoned SSP Jacobaba...

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Minor girl ‘tortured’ to death at Lahore home

LAHORE: A minor girl was allegedly tortured to death in her Baghbanpura home on Shalimar Road on Friday. The body of Muskan (8) showed clear signs of torture. Authorities took her father and stepmother into custody for int...

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Vile Ideology

The specter of vigilante killings in the name of blasphemy has once again returned to haunt Pakistan. These incidents are becoming alarmingly frequent, with religious and political extremists growing bolder with each act, embold...

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