Anthropic AI CEO Dario Amodei on Saturday pushed back against the Pentagon's decision to label the company a supply chain risk, calling it "retaliatory and punitive," in an interview with CBS.
Nawab Brahumdagh Bugti, BRP President, criticised Pakistan's reported bounties on exiled Baloch leaders, calling it an evasion of real issues like enforced disappearances, resource control, and basic rights in Balochistan. He urged dialogue over pressure to resolve the crisis.
He likened the approach to punitive measures adopted after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, arguing that the global community must respond decisively when established norms are violated.
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday observed that punitive demolition of structures continues to take place in Uttar Pradesh despite the Supreme Court's November 2024 ruling that "bulldozer justice" is unacceptable under the law.
The Baloch Students Action Committee (BSAC) has sharply condemned the Balochistan government's recent actions against protesting teachers, terming the crackdown "repressive" and "punitive" and linking it to a consistent pattern of silencing dissent in the province, as cited by The Balochista
Talking about the RBI's actions on banks and other regulated entities, the governor said the purpose of enforcement actions undertaken by the Reserve Bank is generally not punitive.
According to the Dawn, the punitive measures included the dismissal of 76 officers from service, the demotion of nine officials to lower ranks, the termination of two others, and various penalties imposed on an additional 127 personnel.
Pakistan's media landscape worsened in 2025, with journalists and media organisations facing escalating pressure, censorship and punitive state actions, according to a new report by the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE). The findings, detailed in the Media Freedom Report 2025, hig
Amid the arrests of an Army officer and a middleman in an alleged bribery case, the Defence Ministry on Sunday said punitive action has been taken against them under the Government's policy of "Zero Tolerance Against Corruption."
"India calls for a pragmatic engagement with the Taliban. A coherent policy of engagement should incentivise positive actions. A focus on only punitive measures will only ensure that a 'business as usual' approach continues as we have been seeing now for the last four and a half years."
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called the action by the United States regrettable on not inviting South Africa for the G20 Summit 2026 which will take place in Miami next year. He said that despite the efforts and numerous attempts by President Ramaphosa and his administration to
More than 300 scholars have appealed to the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to urgently intervene in the "unjust and punitive dismissal" of an Associate Professor at the South Asian University (SAU), New Delhi.