Pakistan may temporarily delay Balochistan's quest for self-determination, but it can only do so at a high financial, moral, political, and reputational cost. Ultimately, Balochistan's freedom is inevitable, and denying it is neither justified nor sustainable in...
Pope Francis of Rome will conclude a three-day historic visit to Iraq, the birthplace of the Abrahamic religions. Defying the Covid-19 pandemic, surging security threats and the protracted political turmoil in the region, Pope landed in Baghdad...
Delegates from China, Pakistan, and Iran convened in Beijing for a first-of-its-kind trilateral meeting. The meeting reportedly focused on regional security and the escalating threat of "terrorism".
After returning to Islamabad, the Pakistani delegates...
By land, air and sea, Russia has launched a devastating full-scale invasion on Ukraine, a European democracy of 44 million people, in the early hours of Thursday. Despite promising for months that he would not attack Ukraine,...
Iran has reopened its airspace after a closure of nearly five hours imposed amid fears of possible military action, disrupting flights across the region.
According to a notice published on the US Federal Aviation...
A prominent Pakistani journalist and former anchorperson Arshad Sharif was ‘mistakenly’ shot dead by the police in Kenya, his wife confirmed on Monday. The journalist, living in self-exile, was reportedly working on an assignment to expose corruption...
Israeli jets have reportedly fired missiles at a weapons depot near the international airport in Damascus, in the third such attack by the Israeli military on targets associated with the Lebanese group Hezbollah, on Friday
At least two missiles were...
United Nations experts have called on Pakistan to end serious human rights violations in Balochistan, raising alarm over enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and widespread restrictions on civil liberties.
In a joint statement issued Tuesday,...
The ProtectDefenders.eu, European Union’s human rights defenders mechanism, has raised serious concerns over the arbitrary detention of Baloch women human rights defenders (WHRDs) and judicial persecution of two lawyers, warning that the situation in Balochistan poses “grave...
Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, has voiced serious concerns over the recent violent crackdown on human rights activists and participants at the Baloch Raaji Muchi in Gwadar, Balochistan.
