Human Rights

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…

News Desk Kohistan: At least 10 members of the same family, including women and children, died and 13 others injured when a house caught fire and its roof collapsed on the residents in Siri Paye, an area of Lower Kohistan district of…

News Desk Islamabad: Constituting one-fifth of the parliament, women parliamentarians outnumber men in proceedings and continued to make up the majority of the National Assembly and Senate regular members throughout the year. Women…

Staff Report Lahore: Speakers at an event on Wednesday said legislation must be introduced to stop coerced faith conversions, and the pro-women laws ought to be implemented to address the crimes faced by girls and women involving child…

News Desk Islamabad: To enable women to access adequate healthcare and enjoy meaningful participation in society, an international development organisation Sightsavers is calling for all health services to be inclusive and accessible for…

Mukhtar Kareem Quetta: Transformation is a desire for a change supported by a process to actualise the desired transformation. The process is fundamental to change. It is gradual and incremental. It is this that many contemporary…

News Desk Lahore: The minority legislators made a pledge to fully support the bills setting up the minority rights commission and criminalising forced faith conversions in the legislative assembly. The Peoples Commission for…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) Chairperson Nilofar Bakhtiar on Tuesday said the digital divide had deteriorated the gender disparity in the country. The policymakers, political leaders, and…

News Desk Islamabad: There will be a multi-stakeholder consultation on creating an integrated humanitarian response for the transgender population during floods and disasters: protection, inclusion, and safeguarding, today (Wednesday) in…

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,…