People in Pakistan have raised concerns over the ruling coalition's 'draconian laws' as they reflect on how such strict actions by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) restrict civil liberties and free speech, according to Dawn.
Amid deteriorating law and order in the country, a cop was killed and eight other people, including policemen, were wounded in a suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Khyber district, Geo News reported citing police on Thursday.
Serious concerns have emerged after the child abuse crime rate has surged in Punjab province in Pakistan, with more boys subjected to the abuse than girls in the last six months, Dawn reported citing an analysis.
Two people, including a woman, were shot and killed in yet another shooting incident in Pakistan on Thursday. The incident took place at Lahore Sessions Court, ARY News reported.
Citing that the dissolution of the National Assembly before its tenure cannot be ruled in the current political situation, Pakistan Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Thursday that once the tenure ends, a caretaker set up will be established
A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) 'operative' was killed in a firing incident in the Naourang district of Lakki Marwat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News reported.
The use of torture in Pakistan by law enforcement agencies in order to extract confessions or other information has been widespread, according to The News International newspaper.
Forced abductions of girls as young as twelve years of age have become a regular affair in Pakistan's Sindh as these girls have been trafficked to locations far from their homes and made to marry men who are often twice their age, Dailytimes reported.