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Ishaq Dar's Brussels visit faces scrutiny amid Pakistan's rights crisis
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Exiled journalist Taha Siddiqui says Ishaq Dar's Brussels visit comes as the EU prepares to review Pakistan's GSP+ trade benefits amid widespread human rights abuses, political repression, and militancy concerns. He warns that ignoring these violations would undermine Europe's credibility.
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Pakistan accused of escalating enforced disappearances as new cases grip B
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Reports of suspected enforced disappearances have once again emerged from several districts of Balochistan, prompting families to stage demonstrations and appeal to authorities for the return of their missing relatives, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Sammi Deen Baloch marks Baloch Martyrs' Day with stirring tribute as regio
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Baloch activist Sammi Deen Baloch shared a powerful and emotionally charged message on Baloch Martyrs' Day, reflecting the enduring pain, identity, and resistance of the Baloch people.
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BASC report reveals sharp rise in killings and disappearances in Balochist
Updated : 4 months ago IST
A new report by the Baloch Advocacy and Studies Centre (BASC) has revealed an alarming surge in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, exposing the scale of Pakistan's violent suppression of dissent amid its drive to exploit the province's mineral wealth.
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HRCP slams Pakistan's failing governance in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa amid rising
Updated : 4 months ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, the HRCP's latest fact-finding report, "Caught in the Crossfire," paints a troubling picture of Pakistan's internal security challenges. The report discloses that almost two-thirds of all terrorist incidents reported nationwide in 2025 took place in K-P, wit
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BYC accuses Pakistan of waging a legal war to crush Baloch dissent
Updated : 4 months ago IST
According to The Balochistan Post, the BYC said that during a recent jail trial, the CTD again failed to present the full set of challans required in the ongoing case. The organisation alleged that the department has repeatedly stalled proceedings since the arrests of its senior figures, whi
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Over 1 lakh cases of domestic violence, more than 7,500 women murdered in
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Human rights and the condition of women continues to worsen in Pakistan, as Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights, Azam Nazeer Tarar informed the National Assembly on November 7 that over 7,500 women, including 1,553 in the name of honour, were murdered in the country in four years from 2021
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Pakistani forces accused of torturing mother and daughter in Balochistan
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistani troops allegedly detained and tortured a mother and daughter in Balochistan's Panjgur district, leaving them critically injured. The Human Rights Council of Balochistan condemned the assault and demanded justice, calling it part of ongoing state violence against Baloch women, as re
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Pashtun, Baloch, Sindhi and Kashmiri activists unite in Afghan United Fron
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Activists from Pashtun, Baloch, Sindhi, and Kashmiri communities joined an online Afghan United Front meeting, condemning Pakistan's control and human rights abuses. They urged unity among oppressed groups and reaffirmed their commitment to achieving independence, justice, and self-determina
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Drone, rocket strike in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa kill, injure civilians; PTM Hol
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
PTM Holland condemned two incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including a drone strike injuring a man and a Havan rocket killing one and injuring seven. Locals protested. PTM Germany also raised human rights violations by Pakistan's military with European Parliament members.
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Pakistan: Sindh survey reveals 1.3 million children engaged in labour; maj
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The labour department, in partnership with UNICEF, officially launched the survey on Friday. It indicated that about two-thirds of the 1.3 million children are trapped in child labour in the agricultural sector, followed by manufacturing at 12.4 per cent and wholesale/retail trade at 10.8 pe
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Pakistan's historical hypocrisy on Ahmadis rekindles debate on religious i
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, Fawad claimed that "religious extremists, whether Hindu, Muslim, Jew or Christian, are all the same," but then controversially accused Ahmadis of having played a role in partition-era communal violence in Sialkot.
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