Human Rights

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: A queue forms around a hand pump. Women wait with buckets. Children hold plastic containers almost as large as themselves. An elderly woman bends patiently for her turn. There is no rush because everyone…

News DeskIslamabad: A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Thursday extended the physical remand of five suspects by one day in a case involving the alleged illegal collection and attempted export of nearly 580 kilograms of human…

News DeskIslamabad: The Supreme Court(SC) has ruled that all jewellery and gifts received by a woman at the time of her marriage are her exclusive property, declaring that neither her husband nor her in-laws have any legal or…

News Desk Peshawar: A woman was allegedly shot dead by her husband following a domestic dispute in the Old Sakhakot area of Dargai, Malakand district, Levies officials said on Sunday.According to Levies, the suspect, who is…

News Desk Rawalpindi: Police have arrested a suspect within 24 hours for allegedly attacking a one-and-a-half-year-old girl with a knife in Rawalpindi, officials said on Sunday.According to a police spokesperson, City Police Officer…

News Desk Shujaabad: A dispute over an arranged marriage in Shujaabad has taken a serious turn after the boy’s father was allegedly kidnapped by the girl’s family and a police team sent to rescue him was reportedly attacked.…

News DeskSargodha: Arsalan, the main suspect in the alleged rape and murder of seven-year-old Mantha, was killed in an alleged police encounter, according to police officials.The victim, a second-grade student, had left her home a…

News Desk/Aaj News Peshawar: Police in Khyber district have rescued a French woman and her four children during an operation in Bara tehsil after receiving reports that she was allegedly a surviver of domestic violence.According to…

APPIslamabad: In a country where millions of girls were once kept out of classrooms, Pakistan is now witnessing a slow but steady shift: more girls are enrolling in schools, staying longer in education, and closing long-standing gender…

Nadia khan Loralai: The recent acid attack on a young doctor, the alleged abduction and sexual assault of an 18-year-old student, and the killing of a nursing student reportedly by a cousin after she rejected his advances are not…