Protect Journalists

Freedom Network’s Annual Impunity 2022 report has uncovered some alarming but unfortunately unsurprising revelations. There have been no convictions in 96 percent of murder cases of journalists in Pakistan between 2012 and 202...

Judicial commission demanded on Umerkot doctor’s extra judicial killing

UMERKOT: The Women’s Action Forum (WAF) has expressed its serious concern over unbridled influence and activities of religious extremists in Sindh and the provincial government’s helplessness in containing the volatile situa...

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Violence a reality for half of world’s children, says WHO

ISLAMABAD: Violence is a reality for half of the world’s children as one billion of them experience physical, emotional or sexual abuse every year. “Experiencing violence is not only a violation of children’s rights, it...

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HRCP urges release of Afghan siblings detained in Chaman

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is deeply concerned to learn that five Afghan siblings, three of whom are minors, have been arrested in Chaman while attempting to reunite with their mother, Zahra Ansari �...

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Another day of police-PTI workers clashes: Mohsin Naqvi parries question about KP CM’s whereabouts

ISLAMABAD: Federal ministers, including Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, claimed on Saturday the real motive of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and leaders behind staging the protes...

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Threats to Fundamental Rights

Has Pakistan got fed up with human rights? Perhaps, yes. At least, the contents of a constitutional amendment, which got botched recently, speak so. The point to worry is that any next attempt to pass the constitutional amendmen...

05-Oct-2024 Read More