humanrights

News Desk Khyber: Unidentified armed assailants shot and killed journalist Khalil Gibran in the Khyber district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday. According to the District Police Officer (DPO) of Khyber, the assailants intercepted…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: In July 2023, Boota Imtiaz, a dedicated human rights defender and award-winning Right to Information (RTI) activist, embarked on a mission to safeguard the cultural heritage of his community.  Armed with a…

Imran Takkar  Charsadda: The police arrested a 72-year-old man on Saturday for marrying a 13-year-old girl in Charsadda, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, police sources said.  Acting on a complaint about the mismatched marriage, the Charsadda…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Weak and underfed, a worker questions the higher-ups: where is his money going? In Pakistan, masses are often illiterate and unaware that the system from top to bottom is smeared with corruption. This man,…

Joshua J Stephen Islamabad: Bonded labor in Pakistan represents a significant and deeply entrenched issue, particularly impacting marginalized communities in rural areas. This form of modern slavery occurs daily in sectors such as…

APP Islamabad: Four sanitary workers and a rescue official tragically lost their lives due to suffocation while performing cleaning duties in a manhole in Dijkot, Faisalabad . According to a private news channel citing police reports,…

 News Desk  Lahore: In an urgent appeal addressed to Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the Chief Minister of Punjab, the Joint Action Committee for People’s Rights (JAC) has called for her immediate attention to the deteriorating situation in…

News Desk Islamabad: A special committee on anti-rape on Monday emphasized the need for implementing anti-rape (Investigation and Trial) Act, 2021 and collaborative efforts of the institutions in combating sexual violence. …

News Desk Islamabad: "There are an estimated 3.4 million individuals in conditions of bonded labor in Pakistan," stated Geir T. Tonstol, Country Director of the ILO, during a formal interaction with journalists in Islamabad on Tuesday. He…

News Desk Quetta: At least 11 miners tragically lost their lives due to the accumulation of lethal gases in a coal mine located in Sanjadi, Balochistan.  Officials have confirmed that the cause of death for all miners was suffocation…