Pakistan: Riots caused damage worth PKR 250mn in Islamabad

According to a report issued by Islamabad police, armed miscreants set the office of the DPO Industrial Area, and...

HRCP expresses "deeply concerned" over random arrests of PTI work

Imran Khan's political outfit, PTI, saw arrests of over 564 workers for violence after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...

UAE presents labour market legislations to Human Rights Council

Several UAE federal and local government entities as well as civil society organisations constituted the delegation...

Minorities facing persecution, repression in Pakistan

Not only the Hindus, Christians and Sikhs but Shias and Ahamdiyyas also are facing continuous suppression.

Lecuona closes in on points as Mir falls from Spanish GP

Iker Lecuona's first full-length MotoGP race with the Repsol Honda Team was a memorable one as he immediately got...

Political instability in Pakistan increased crime: HRCP

According to the HRCP, incidents of violence against religious minorities and transgenders, blasphemy cases and...

Violence against minorities in Pakistan on rise, reports HRCP

In its flagship annual report State of Human Rights in 2022, released earlier today, the Human Rights Commission...

Political, economic turmoil had serious impact on human rights

The report notes that political victimisation continued throughout the year, with colonial-era sedition laws being...

Pakistan: Ahmadiyya community's place of worship vandalised

Ahmadiyya community in a press release called attacking and demolishing their places of worship by mobs a "blatant...

HRCP raises alarm over human rights situation in Balochistan

It noted that Balochistan faces mounting public frustration pertaining to enforced disappearances, economic...

Pak panel raises alarm over forced disappearances in Balochistan

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has sounded alarm over growing public frustration pertaining to...

HRCP asks security forces to vacate school buildings in Swat

Hina Jilani stated that HRCP recognised the Swat people's tenacity in fending off the recent militant surge