Tag: human rights

WASHINGTON: The acting head of the US Customs and Border Protection agency announced his resignation on Tuesday amid a public outcry over alarming detention...

--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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

PESHAWAR: A protest rally condemning the bellicose statements of the Indian government against Pakistan was taken out in Peshawar on Monday, demanding the international...

ISLAMABAD: An Indian soldier committed suicide by shooting himself in the head using his service rifle during guard duty at an army camp near...

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...

--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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

--- 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...

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...

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...