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Pakistan being considered for resettlement of Palestinian prisoners

Talks underway to resettle over 150 Palestinians exiled to Egypt after ceasefire deal

Published 25 Oct, 2025 01:15pm

Pakistan

Mohsin Naqvi condemns India’s human rights violations on Kashmir Martyrs’ Day

Naqvi honoured 22 Kashmiri martyrs who gave their lives on July 13, 1931

Updated 13 Jul, 2025 12:33pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s fertility rate drops to 3.6 live births per woman in three decades: UN

Pakistan is expected to become third most populous country by 2050

Published 04 Feb, 2025 11:29am

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Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi criticize Afghan Taliban regime over women rights

Rashid Khan expresses his dismay on social media

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 01:29pm

Pakistan

Pakistan shows slight improvement in Rule of Law Index, ranks 129th

Pakistan ranks fifth out of six South Asian countries to uphold the rule of law

Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:15pm

World

Over 370m girls, women worldwide experience childhood sexual assault, says UN report

UNICEF emphasized the overwhelming scale of this human rights violation

Published 10 Oct, 2024 12:56pm

Pakistan

HRCP chairperson released after brief detention: report

Organisation says such measure is intimidation tactic designed to stifle voice of human rights defenders

Published 25 Jul, 2024 06:09pm

Pakistan

U.S. gives mixed signal to Pakistan over military operations in Afghanistan

Pentagon calls it Pakistan's international issue as the State Department empathizes with the country

Published 10 Jul, 2024 12:29pm

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Pakistan slams UNSC for ignoring Hindutva terrorism, people’s plight in Palestine, Kashmir

Munir Akram focused on combating Al-Qaeda and ISIS

Published 26 Jun, 2024 11:04am

Pakistan

Pakistan rejects US State Dept’s country report on human rights practices

FO spokesperson says such reports lacked objectivity

Updated 25 Apr, 2024 09:29pm

Sports

Pakistan failing to punish officials for human rights abuses, US govt report says

Report adds that human rights situation has not improved in the previous year

Published 23 Apr, 2024 02:11pm

Pakistan

Illegal foreigners repatriation plan applies to all nationalities: FO

Adds that foreigners legally residing in Pakistan were beyond the purview of the plan

Published 30 Oct, 2023 04:50pm

World

One million Gazans flee as Israel readies for ground attack

Israel has massed tanks on the Gaza border and continues attacks

Updated 16 Oct, 2023 11:38am

Life & Style

How does Mathira see women’s role in children’s upbringing

TV host says behind a horrible man is also a woman who pushed him to that zone

Published 15 Oct, 2023 12:20am

Pakistan

Pakistan not accountable to any govt over rights violation allegations, says PM Kakar

Adds the ECP will soon announce a date for polls

Published 23 Sep, 2023 11:50am

Pakistan

ATC approves three-day remand of Imaan Mazari

She was re-arrested by Islamabad police on Monday

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 12:37pm

Pakistan

Imaan Mazari re-arrested after court grants her bail in sedition case

A complaint was registered against human rights lawyer at Bara Kahu police station

Updated 28 Aug, 2023 04:25pm

Pakistan

Imaan Mazari speaks about her ordeal in jail

Claims CTD officer took away her book of poems

Updated 21 Aug, 2023 03:40pm

Pakistan

Imaan fainted when she was put in van, claims mother Shireen

Terrorism court remands Imaan Mazari into three-day police custody

Updated 21 Aug, 2023 12:13pm

Pakistan

Terrorism court remands Imaan Mazari into three-day police custody

Police want to have photogrammetric and voice matching tests of human rights lawyer

Updated 21 Aug, 2023 12:15pm

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UK citizens to tattoo human rights declaration’s letters on their bodies

The project intends to tattoo UN declaration on 6,773 people across the world

Published 06 Aug, 2023 09:20pm

Pakistan

UN body says human rights in Pakistan on upward trajectory

Adds that Pakistan has done valuable work to protect minorities

Updated 11 Jul, 2023 12:20pm

World

Dozens of US lawmakers urge Biden to raise rights issues with Modi

'We do not endorse any particular Indian leader or political party,' says letter

Published 20 Jun, 2023 07:46pm

Pakistan

US State Dept dodges question about human rights abuse in Pakistan

Spokesperson says US will engage with Pakistan directly on important matters

Published 06 Jun, 2023 09:17am

World

Indian police arrests 5 people for alleged human sacrifice

Investigations began when a headless body was discovered in 2019

Published 05 Apr, 2023 04:08pm

Pakistan

Punjab government won’t be hindrance to Aurat March in Lahore: minister

Reservations of organisers have been allayed, claims Interim information minister Amir Mir

Updated 05 Mar, 2023 12:07pm

Pakistan

Senate committee debates modifying defintion for transgender people

Discussion over amendments to 2018 bill also involve criminalising begging

Updated 04 Mar, 2023 01:36pm

Pakistan

Spanish police arrest father of two women killed in Pakistan

The girls were strangled in 2022

Updated 23 Feb, 2023 10:47am

Life & Style

Transgender act was originally for intersex people but it was hijacked: Maria B

Fashion designer has been vocal in her criticism of the act

Published 15 Dec, 2022 06:35pm

World

Families slam Indonesia’s acquittal over Papua army killings

Amnesty International Indonesia executive director says it was hard to believe that only one officer had been brought to trial

Published 10 Dec, 2022 01:36pm