civilian deaths

Patna, April 3 – Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the opposition in the Bihar Assembly, has questioned the effectiveness of the prohibition policy after several people died in a fresh hooch tragedy in the East Champaran district.According to reports, at least four people have died after consuming...

New York, March 27 – Human Rights Watch, a US-based advocacy group, on Friday termed the recent Pakistani airstrikes on a rehabilitation center in Kabul as "an unlawful attack" and warned that the incident could amount to a possible war crime, raising serious concerns over civilian safety and...

Quetta, March 27 – A leading human rights organization has alleged that Pakistani forces carried out another extrajudicial killing of a civilian in Balochistan, raising fresh concerns over human rights violations in the region.The human rights body, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), stated...

Islamabad, March 4 – An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Daulat Khan, was killed in a sniper attack by unknown assailants on the Badan police post in Wara Mamond tehsil of Bajaur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on Wednesday, according to local media reports citing police.Following the...

Quetta, February 26 – More than 20 Baloch civilians, including women and minors, were killed and several others injured as a result of direct firing by Pakistani security forces in the districts of Nushki and Kharan in Balochistan, a leading human rights organization said on Thursday.The human...