human rights violations

APP Geneva: This pioneering achievement marks a major milestone towards promoting the right to development after almost 40 years of intergovernmental deliberations and a “significant success” for Pakistani diplomacy, said diplomatic…

News Desk Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has been denied permission by the local civil administration in Bahawalpur to hold a peaceful demonstration and press conference to express its concerns over the allotment…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Her merchandise worth only a few thousand rupees, mostly unstitched cloth but authorities turned a deaf ear to the wailing orphan who in her early teens was a bread earner for the family in Larkana and the…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: These are one of the few million with doomed destinies, survive on a day-to-day basis, and have no means of sustenance as all their worldly possessions are displayed with nothing in hiding, unlike the elite who…

Adnan Bacha Swat: A man was arrested in Swat on Sunday late at night over his alleged involvement in the murder of a transgender woman, identified as Mahnoor, police sources said on Monday. According to the details main suspect,…

News Desk Islamabad: The Federal Minister for Human Rights Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada has said that violence against religious minorities is orchestrated by spy agencies of hostile neighbours to spoil Pakistan’s image internationally.…