The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) has accused Pakistan armed forces of carrying out an airstrike on the village of Shadlo Metra in the Tirah Valley, Khyber district, claiming that at least 23 civilians, mostly women and children,...
A local court in Islamabad has issued non-bailable arrest warrants for human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband, Advocate Hadi Ali Chattha, in connection with a case alleging controversial social media posts against state institutions and...
Human rights lawyer Advocate Imaan Zainab Mazari has filed a reference against Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), escalating an ongoing dispute between the two.
The...
US lawmakers have introduced new legislation authorising sanctions on Pakistani officials accused of human rights violations and undermining democracy.
The Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act (H.R. 5271), introduced on Monday, would empower the US...
Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar on Thursday warned rights activist and lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir of contempt of court for allegedly calling him a “dictator.”
The heated exchange took...
Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned on Tuesday after youth-led protests against corruption and a social media ban spiralled into the country’s worst unrest in decades.
At least 19 people were killed and...
Amnesty International has accused Pakistan of running one of the world’s most extensive surveillance systems outside China, using a phone-tapping network and a Chinese-built internet firewall to monitor millions of citizens and suppress dissent.
Pakistan’s Minister of State for Interior, Talal Chaudhry, has accused protesters from Balochistan of using a sit-in in Islamabad to pursue political objectives.
Speaking in the National Assembly, Chaudhry said that while the government...
A protest sit-in by Baloch families demanding an end to enforced disappearances, the recovery of missing persons, and the release of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders entered its 51st day in Islamabad on Thursday, with participants staging...
At least 17 people have allegedly been forcibly disappeared in raids by Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI and the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Dera Bugti and Awaran districts of Balochistan, according to sources and rights groups.
