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Pakistan hit by 4.8-magnitude quake, fifth tremor in less than a month
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to details shared by the NCS on X, the earthquake occurred at 1:21 am IST. The tremor was recorded at a latitude of 25.48 degrees North and a longitude of 66.69 degrees East, with its epicentre located in Pakistan.
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Flour famine looms over Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa as federal-provincial rift deep
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, until recently, a 20-kilogram flour bag cost PKR 1,400, but within days it surged to PKR 2,100 and now sells for up to PKR 2,900.
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Pakistan silences Baloch voices: Mahrang Baloch's jail trial exposes fear
Updated : 5 months ago IST
According to Dawn, Judge Muhammad Ali Mobin of ATC-1 presided over the proceedings, but instead of producing the detained leaders before the court, the BYC's legal representatives were summoned to the jail premises. Defence lawyer Israr Baloch stated that the prosecution failed to submit the
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Pak: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa girls' education suffers as stipend payments halt
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to Dawn, the girls' stipend programme was initially launched by the Awami National Party-led provincial government after the 2008 general elections. The initiative provided Rs 200 per month to each girl student from Grade 6 to Grade 10 enrolled in government schools
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Pakistan's human rights abuses against Hindus laid bare at the UN
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Addressing the Council under General Debate IX, Dr Sharma stated that equality and dignity are the fundamental values that cannot be compromised under any circumstances. "We categorically reject all forms of racial discrimination, xenophobia, and religious intolerance, regardless of where th
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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan warns of rising exclusion amid minorit
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
HRCP Chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt reminded authorities that the bill was approved by Parliament on May 12, 2025, and has been awaiting presidential assent ever since. Nearly five months later, the Commission noted, there has been no clear explanation for the delay, raising fears of backpedall
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Pakistan: Citizens pay the price as the government fails to provide basic
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, Protesters voiced strong resentment against what they described as the authorities' continued negligence toward basic needs. They claimed that the water supply to several localities in Baldia Town had been suspended for nearly a month, creating immense diffi
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Human rights activist Arif Aajakia accuses Pakistan of systemic abuses in
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking during a recent address, Aajakia alleged that the situation in Balochistan amounts to genocide. "Balochistan is an occupied nation. Its people are facing both physical and economic genocide," he said. According to him, the province, which is rich in natural resources, is being expl
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Pashtun activist warns UN of human rights abuses, fake military operations
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Addressing the international community, Afridi accused the Pakistani military of carrying out false flag military operations under the pretence of combating terrorism, while targeting innocent civilians, particularly Pashtun women and children.
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PTM marks UN Day of Enforced Disappearances, condemns state policies again
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a post shared by PTM Holland on X, countless individuals remain either forcibly disappeared or imprisoned without trial, subjected to torture and denial of justice.
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Balochistan: Sammi Deen Baloch slams state repression after BYC member's a
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Taking to social media platform X, Sammi Deen Baloch stated, "The enforced disappearance of Baloch Yakjehti Committee activist Nazar Marri is a continuation of a wider and horrific series of incidents where countless young people from Balochistan are being forcibly disappeared on a daily bas
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NAB raises alarm over gold mining losses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to Geo News, NAB maintains that leaseholders have been openly subletting gold blocks and charging between Rs500,000 and Rs700,000 per excavator per week. This system allegedly generates Rs750 million to Rs1.05 billion weekly, while the provincial exchequer receives only a token amo
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