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Geneva, March 12 – A photo exhibition hosted by an international human rights organization on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva, Switzerland, has highlighted the growing systemic discrimination and repression faced by religious and ethnic...

Quetta, March 9 – A senior officer from the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) was killed after unidentified assailants opened fire on him in the Killi Ismail area of Quetta, Pakistan, local media reported on Monday.Police said Inspector Metha Khan, who recently joined CTD, was shot by armed...

Lahore, March 8 Pakistani law enforcement agencies killed four Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists in the Punjab province on Sunday night.According to the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Punjab Police, the Dera Ghazi Khan district of Punjab (about 400 km from Lahore) narrowly...

Lahore, March 8 A man was killed and two others seriously injured after customers opened fire at a petrol pump in Punjab province, Pakistan, following a dispute triggered by panic buying of fuel due to fears of shortages caused by the US-Iran conflict, police said on Sunday.The incident...

Lahore, March 7 A 21-year-old Christian worker was allegedly tortured to death by his employers in the Punjab province of Pakistan, police said on Saturday.The incident took place in the Sargodha district of Punjab, about 200 km from Lahore, on March 4.The body of Markus Masih was found...

Islamabad, March 7 – Pakistan will continue to see disappearances buried in administrative records rather than being investigated as crimes, unless trafficking is recognized not only as a humanitarian crisis but also as an institutional vulnerability. Such neglect enables organized criminal...

Islamabad, March 7 – A Christian minority worker in the Punjab province of Pakistan was allegedly tortured to death by his Muslim employers, who then staged the murder to appear as a suicide by hanging, according to a report released on Saturday, citing allegations made by the victim's younger...

Islamabad, March 4 – A minority Christian boy in Pakistan was forcibly converted to Islam, highlighting another case of injustice against vulnerable communities, according to a leading minority rights group.According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), 14-year-old Jameel Masih, from the...

Islamabad, March 3: Combat-related deaths in Pakistan increased by 30% in February, due to a rise in suicide attacks across the country, according to statistics released by an Islamabad-based think tank, local media reported.A report by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies...

Islamabad, March 2 – A Christian worker was fatally shot in Punjab province, Pakistan, inside a legislator's room, a leading minority rights group said on Monday.According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), Naveed Masih, a Christian sanitation worker, was found dead on Friday night...

According to reports from local media, citing a systematic review of rehabilitation cases in 2025, Pakistan is facing a worsening crisis of youth drug abuse and rising suicide rates.The study found that heroin accounts for 48 per cent of substance abuse cases among young users, while cannabis...

Lahore, February 27 A man has been arrested in Pakistan's Punjab province for allegedly raping three minor girls, police said on Friday.The suspect, identified as Tariq, is accused of raping three girls, aged between four and seven, in the Kasur district of Punjab, about 50 kilometers from...

Islamabad, February 27 – A leading minority rights group highlighted another brutal attack on a Christian minority worker in Punjab province, Pakistan, on Friday, stating that religious communities frequently face violence and systematic exploitation across the country.Citing eyewitness...

London, February 27 – Baloch independence leader Hyrbyair Marri condemned Pakistan's recent attacks on Afghanistan on Friday, criticizing Islamabad for questioning Afghanistan's retaliatory actions.He highlighted historical grievances, including alleged extrajudicial killings of Baloch and...

Lahore, February 25 A YouTuber has been arrested in Pakistan's Punjab province for filming the security convoy in which jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was taken to a hospital in Islamabad for his eye treatment, a police official said on Wednesday.The 73-year-old...

Islamabad, February 24. Citing a new report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) which reveals that the Punjab province's Crime Control Department (CCD) may be more violent than any other specialized squad in the country, a report has stated that policing in Pakistan cannot improve...

Islamabad, February 22 – A Pakistani Christian brick kiln worker’s forced conversion to Islam, which is recorded in the country’s national database, has prevented his five children from listing Christianity as their religion on their national identity cards.“Sufyan Masih, who works at a kiln...

Islamabad, February 17 – A leading minority rights group highlighted a deeply disturbing reality in Pakistan's Punjab province on Tuesday, where hundreds of children have been sexually abused, noting that justice remains elusive despite registered cases and identified suspects.According to the...

Islamabad, February 17 – The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the country's Crime Control Department (CCD) in the Punjab province for pursuing a deliberate policy of staged encounters, resulting in extrajudicial killings that fundamentally undermine the rule of law and...

Lahore, February 16 Hundreds of Hindu devotees from across Pakistan participated in special prayers to Lord Shiva at the historic Katas Raj Temple in the Punjab province on the occasion of Mahashivratri.The event, held on Sunday, was attended by State Minister for Minority Affairs Kheal Das...