A young Baloch woman who was allegedly tortured and sexually assaulted by Pakistani forces in Balochistan’s Panjgur district has died from her injuries, local sources and human rights groups confirmed on Thursday.
The woman,...
A drone strike in the Chiltan Mountains near Quetta injured at least nine people on Wednesday, residents and hospital officials said. The Pakistani army said it had targeted militants, but witnesses insisted the victims were civilians.
Prominent lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha was arrested outside a court in Islamabad on Tuesday in connection with a case filed under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). Authorities allege he failed to appear at a scheduled...
A five-member Constitutional Bench of Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday referred a petition challenging the detention of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Dr. Mahrang Baloch to the Practice and Procedure Committee, which oversees bench formation and case scheduling under the Supreme Court (Practice...
Pakistani armed forces have allegedly detained a mother and her daughter in Balochistan’s Panjgur district and subjected them to severe torture, leaving both women hospitalised in critical condition, according to local sources and human-rights groups.
Manzoor Pashteen, the head of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), has expressed deep concern and anger over recent military operations in various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, alleging that several Pashtun civilians have been killed or injured as a...
The United Nations has expressed serious concern over the inclusion of Baloch human rights activists Dr. Sabiha Baloch, Dr. Shali Baloch, and Sammi Din Baloch on Pakistan’s anti-terrorism Fourth Schedule watchlist.
Mary Lawler, UN...
Baloch armed groups have claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks across several districts in Balochistan that, according to their statements, left nine Pakistani forces' personnel dead and several others injured.
In a...
Amnesty International, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), and several student and rights groups have condemned the alleged enforced disappearance of Ghani Aman Chandio, central chief organiser of the Sindh National Students Federation (SNSF), who was...
Pakistan’s defence minister threatened on Wednesday to “obliterate” Afghanistan’s Taliban government after peace talks between the two neighbours collapsed, marking a sharp escalation in rhetoric following weeks of border clashes and failed diplomacy.
The...
