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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 Islamabad: The opposition alliance Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Ayeen-Pakistan (TTAP) on Friday strongly opposed the 26th and 27th Constitutional Amendments, calling them violations of the Constitution’s basic structure and demanding…

Ishtiaq Ahmed  Bradford: Functional democracies never cease to amaze us. In a historic moment for American politics, Zohran Mamdani has been elected as #York City’s first Muslim mayor, marking a transformative milestone for the…

AFP/APP Paris: The Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer and a centre of growth and stability in West Africa, goes to the polls on Saturday with President Alassane Ouattara expected to win a fourth term. Here are five things to…

News Desk  Karachi: First Lady of Pakistan and Member of the National Assembly Aseefa Bhutto Zardari on Friday paid glowing tribute to the martyrs of the Karsaz tragedy on its 18th anniversary, saying the site of Karsaz on Karachi’s…

Khushhal Khan Islamabad: “Pro-democracy public”,  a slogan that continues to pierce our ears, yet few truly understand what it means. You can’t just look it up in a dictionary. I tried but no luck. So I thought: maybe breaking the term…

News Desk Islamabad: In celebration of World Press Freedom Day, the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), in partnership with Media Matters for Democracy (MMfD), has announced a new fellowship aimed at empowering journalists to…

News Desk Islamabad: The Digital Media Alliance of Pakistan (DigiMAP) has strongly condemned the Indian government’s decision to restrict access to several Pakistani YouTube channels, social media platforms, and independent digital media…

News Desk Islamabad: Today, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) marks the 46th death anniversary of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the former Prime Minister and founder of the PPP. The occasion is being observed through various events at…

AFP/APP Istanbul: Waving flags and chanting slogans, hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators rallied in Istanbul on Saturday, calling for democracy to be defended following the arrest of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. His detention…