Human Rights

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…

News Desk Lahore: Former Senate chairman Raza Rabbani on Friday expressed concern over what he termed the growing politicisation of the bar, saying such trends were absent in the past. Speaking at the sixth Asma Jahangir Conference, he…

News Desk  Hyderabad: A sanitary worker died and another fell unconscious while cleaning a manhole in Kohsar Phase I area of Latifabad late Friday night. Police said Ashraf Maseeh died after entering the manhole, while his co-worker…

News Desk  Lahore: The Asma Jahangir Legal Aid Cell (AGHS) has announced that the 6th Asma Jahangir Conference (AJCONF) will be held on February 7 and 8, 2026, in Lahore, bringing together leading voices from Pakistan and abroad to…

News Desk Islamabad: A four-year-old unidentified girl lies under strict medical observation at Lahore General Hospital (LGH), fighting to recover from what authorities suspect may be a case of sexual violence.  Shifted from Kasur due…

News Desk Islamabad: Fifteen years after publishing a memoir that rattled Pakistan’s most powerful political dynasty, writer and activist Fatima Bhutto is returning with her most intimate work yet,  a deeply personal account of abuse,…

News Desk Shakargarh: An elderly woman died at the Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital in Shakargarh after allegedly being administered a wrong injection by paramedical staff, according to a report aired by a private news channel on…

News Desk Attock: Police in Fateh Jang have arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy and the recording of objectionable material, officials confirmed on Monday. The arrests were made…

APP Peshawar: For Sumbal Riaz, an MSc Economics graduate with top academic credentials, the promise that education guarantees a better future has proven painfully hollow. After years of applying for government teaching posts in…