WASHINGTON: The acting head of the US Customs and Border Protection agency announced his resignation on Tuesday amid a public outcry over alarming detention conditions of migrant children in Texas. John Sanders,…
–Says journalists under constant threat by ‘state and non-state actors’ –PPP chief says some use guns, other use religious texts to stifle free speech –Tells govt to stop ‘economic strangulation’ as a…
ISLAMABAD: At the launch of its flagship annual report, State of Human Rights in 2018, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted that, ‘in a year of general elections, it was…
ISLAMABAD: Concluding its national conference on human rights and democratic participation in Islamabad, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that this is ‘an opportune time to re-energise the human rights…
LAHORE: Jhelum police arrested two transgender persons on Wednesday after they were accused of selling members of the district’s transgender community. A first information report (FIR), on the complaint of Mohammad Nadim…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday was elected as the chairperson of the National Assembly Standing Committee for Human Rights. “Human rights are the foundation stone of any…
PESHAWAR: A protest rally condemning the bellicose statements of the Indian government against Pakistan was taken out in Peshawar on Monday, demanding the international community to take notice of human rights violations…
ISLAMABAD: An Indian soldier committed suicide by shooting himself in the head using his service rifle during guard duty at an army camp near Panama Chowk in Jammu. According to Kashmir Media…
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday that humanity is bleeding in the India-held Kashmir as not a single action was taken against the people involved in the state-sponsored murders, torture…
–Bill proposes fine of Rs0.2m, three-year rigorous imprisonment for person marrying minor ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee on Human Rights Wednesday passed the draft bill raising the minimum age of marriage to 18 years.…
LAHORE: A people’s commission for the protection of minorities’ rights was formed on Thursday with Peter Jacob as its chairperson, and veteran human rights activist I A Rehman as its patron-in-chief. The…
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of more than 200 participants of National Security and War Course 2019, National Defence University (NDU), headed by Maj Gen Muhammad Asim Malik here on Wednesday called on Chief Justice…
A report compiled by a UK parliamentary body has recognised “the massive human rights violations and atrocities” committed by Indian forces in occupied Kashmir. The report, prepared by the UK Parliament’s All-Party…
ISLAMABAD: Women in Distress and Detention Fund (WDDF), established to facilitate women in need of legal aid and assistance would likely be functional in a month. Under the new amendment in the WDDF…
— Pakistan’s Press Freedom Status and Net Freedom Status: Not Free Freedom House, in its Freedom in the World 2018 report has ranked Pakistan 4.5 out of 7 (where 1: most free…
NEW YORK: Pakistan on Tuesday told the United Nations (UN) that egregious violations of human rights in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) are a blot on the conscience of humanity, and demand immediate corrective…
Pentagon Chief Jim Mattis warned Arab leaders on Saturday that the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul “must concern us all”. The United States (US) “does not tolerate…
