human rights

Kabul, March 25 – Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, stated on Wednesday that UN experts have called for prompt, independent, and transparent investigations into the Pakistani airstrikes on the Kabul rehabilitation center.On March 16...

March 25, New Delhi – India has rejected Pakistan’s statement on judicial matters concerning a banned terrorist organization, asserting that Islamabad has no authority to comment on India’s internal affairs or judicial processes.In a statement, India's Ministry of External Affairs said that...

New Delhi, March 25 India categorically rejected Pakistan's condemnation of the life sentence handed to Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi on Wednesday, and said that Islamabad should introspect on its systematic human rights violations instead of promoting "frivolous" narratives.A Delhi court...

Lahore, March 25 Police in several districts of Pakistan's Punjab province have prevented the Ahmadi minority community from performing their religious rituals during Eid, the Jamaat Ahmadiyya Pakistan (JAP) said on Wednesday.In a statement issued here, the JAP cited purported government...

March 25, New Delhi – Bangladesh is observing Genocide Day today in solemn remembrance of the victims of the brutal military crackdown carried out by Pakistani forces on the night of March 25, 1971, under the codename Operation Searchlight.The day marks one of the darkest chapters in the...

New Delhi, March 25 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a plea seeking directions for a court-monitored investigation into the killing of a young man during Holi celebrations in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar.While granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the Delhi Commissioner...

Dhaka/New Delhi, March 25 Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called for the establishment of the "spirit of equality, human dignity, and social justice" that characterized the Liberation War, as the nation observed Genocide Day on Wednesday.The Pakistani army launched "Operation...

Mumbai, March 25 Actress Sonal Chauhan has expressed her concerns over the disturbing events taking place around the world.The actress said that all of this reflects the cruelty of the times we live in. Taking to her social media account, the actress shared a note expressing her thoughts and...

Washington, March 25. Secret transcripts of a 1971 conversation between President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger reveal that the United States refused to condemn Pakistan's military crackdown in East Pakistan, despite warnings from its own diplomat about the...

Islamabad, March 24: The recent suicide bombing inside a mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, which killed at least 31 worshippers and injured over 160 others, was not an isolated incident but part of a grim trend for the Shia community in the country. The attack on the Khadija Tul Kubra mosque in...

New Delhi, March 24 The NHRC said on Tuesday that it has issued notices to the district magistrate and senior superintendent of police of Raipur over reports that three sanitation workers died while cleaning a septic tank at a private hospital in this district of Chhattisgarh.In a statement...

New Delhi, March 24 The NHRC said on Tuesday that it has issued a notice to the Delhi government and the city's police chief over the death of nine members of a family in a fire incident in the Palam area earlier this month, and has sought a detailed report on it within two weeks.According to...

New Delhi, March 24 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of a media report regarding the death of three sanitation workers in Raipur district, Chhattisgarh, while cleaning a septic tank at a private hospital.Observing that the contents of the news report, if true...

Quetta, March 24 – The Baloch National Movement (BNM) accused Pakistan on Tuesday of continuing its "inhumane policy" of collective punishment across Balochistan."Can you imagine that in the 21st century, an entire family is punished for the alleged actions of a single individual? Collective...

Islamabad, March 24 – A leading human rights group expressed concern on Tuesday over the recent abduction of a 15-year-old Hindu girl in Sindh province, Pakistan, highlighting the vulnerability of minority girls in the country.Citing family and community members, Voice of Pakistan Minority...

Baghpat (UP), March 24 A 40-year-old disabled man was allegedly beaten to death, and his body was buried in a field here, police said on Tuesday, adding that four people have been arrested in the case.The deceased has been identified as Sanjay alias Sanju, a resident of Daha village, who...

New Delhi, March 24 The NHRC has sent a notice to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India regarding allegations that families of children with hearing and speech disabilities are facing difficulties in obtaining life insurance policies.A copy of the proceedings has also...

Quetta, March 24 – As violence against civilians continues across Balochistan, a leading human rights organization has revealed the extrajudicial killing of one civilian and the enforced disappearance of another in the Panjgur district by Pakistani forces.The Baloch National Movement's Human...

Islamabad, March 24 – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed concern over the "inhuman treatment" his wife, Bushra Bibi, has been subjected to in prison.Kasim Khan, the jailed former Prime Minister's son, posted on his social media platform X...

Ottawa, March 23 – The so-called "Khalistani movement" is a toxic cycle of intimidation and glorification of violence that has been kept alive by a small section of the diaspora as a grotesque parody of activism in Canada. It suppresses free speech in Western countries, undermines India-Canada...