Human Rights

APP Peshawar: Kohat police on Friday announced the arrest of two suspects in the murder of a lady doctor, claiming the case was solved through a technology-driven investigation carried out under challenging security conditions. Dr.…

APP Kohat: A prominent lady doctor was fatally shot in the early hours of Sunday in the KDA locality, sending shockwaves through the usually peaceful neighborhood and prompting a high-level police investigation. According to law…

Sehrish Kanwal Gilgit: In the remote valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan, journalism is increasingly a battle not just against stories, but against fear. Senior journalist Durdana Sher of Aaj News recalls how a career dedicated to investigative…

News Desk  Sialkot: Provincial Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat took immediate notice of the tragic death of a female student after the collapse of an under-construction classroom shed at Government Girls Higher Secondary School…

APP Islamabad: Proceedings in the alleged abuse case of a minor domestic worker, Rizwana, were adjourned on Saturday after the presiding judge was unavailable at the District and Sessions Courts in Islamabad. The hearing could not…

News Desk  Islamabad: A new United Nations assessment has warned that 7.5 million people in Pakistan are facing acute food insecurity and malnutrition following a year marked by devastating monsoon floods, prolonged drought and…

News Desk  Islamabad: Six young men from Punjab were killed by gunfire in Iran while allegedly attempting to cross the border illegally on their way to Iraq, family sources said on Thursday. Relatives claimed the victims were shot by…

APP Islamabad: A local court in Islamabad on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants against several government officials for repeatedly failing to appear as prosecution witnesses in the alleged torture case of minor domestic…

APP Faisalabad: The local police on Tuesday recovered a two-month-old baby girl within 24 hours of her abduction from the Children Hospital and arrested the woman allegedly involved in the crime. Addressing a press briefing at the…

News Desk  Lahore: Senior politicians, human rights defenders and international experts on Sunday warned of a steady erosion of democracy, institutional accountability and civil liberties in Pakistan, as the sixth Asma Jahangir…