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Pakistan Published 06 Jun, 2023 09:17am

US State Dept dodges question about human rights abuse in Pakistan

Spokesperson says US will engage with Pakistan directly on important matters

World Published 05 Apr, 2023 04:08pm

Indian police arrests 5 people for alleged human sacrifice

Investigations began when a headless body was discovered in 2019

Pakistan Updated 05 Mar, 2023 12:07pm

Punjab government won’t be hindrance to Aurat March in Lahore: minister

Reservations of organisers have been allayed, claims Interim information minister Amir Mir

Pakistan Updated 04 Mar, 2023 01:36pm

Senate committee debates modifying defintion for transgender people

Discussion over amendments to 2018 bill also involve criminalising begging

Pakistan Updated 23 Feb, 2023 10:47am

Spanish police arrest father of two women killed in Pakistan

The girls were strangled in 2022

Life & Style Published 15 Dec, 2022 06:35pm

Transgender act was originally for intersex people but it was hijacked: Maria B

Fashion designer has been vocal in her criticism of the act

World Published 10 Dec, 2022 01:36pm

Families slam Indonesia’s acquittal over Papua army killings

Amnesty International Indonesia executive director says it was hard to believe that only one officer had been brought to trial

World Published 01 Sep, 2022 09:05am

Bombshell UN Xinjiang report lists China abuse of Muslims

Detention of more than one million Uyghurs

Life & Style Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:19pm

Fault in our stars: “Anxiety queen” Anushka Sharma and “drug enthusiast” Ranbir Kapoor?

Both actors take potshots at each other

Technology Published 16 Jul, 2022 05:40pm

Facebook owner Meta releases first human rights report

Report includes summary of a controversial human rights impact assessment of India

Pakistan Published 30 Jun, 2022 04:52pm

Pakistan objects to ‘selectivity’ in condemning rights abuses, citing ‘deafening silence’ over Kashmir

Freezing of resources of countries coming out of conflict is particularly deplorable, Pakistani envoy

Pakistan Updated 25 Jun, 2022 10:34am

Missing social media activist returns home

‘I’m back home safe & sound,’ says Arsalan

World Published 17 Jun, 2022 02:06pm

US makes billions from prison labor as inmates earn pennies

Inmates are paid pennies for their work even as they produce billions of dollars for the state

World Updated 08 Jun, 2022 04:55pm

Iran hangs 12 Baloch prisoners in one day: report

Executions in Iran disproportionately target members of ethnic, religious minorities

World Published 07 Jun, 2022 05:57pm

Russian parliament votes to exit European Court of Human Rights

Russia’s exit from the organisation represented an opportunity to restore the death penalty

World Published 25 May, 2022 06:01pm

Amnesty highlights ‘worrying rise’ in global executions

At least 579 executions were carried out across 18 countries in 2021 -- a 20 percent increase on 2020, according to the rights monitor's annual study.

World Published 10 May, 2022 08:47pm

Khalistan referendum: polling to be held in Italy on Sunday

Indian Sikh's demand seperate homeland, voters come out despite heavy snow and rainstorm, press release

Pakistan Updated 11 May, 2022 01:23pm

Men assault elderly widow in attempt to take over her farmland in Punjab

Police yet to take action despite attackers visible in amatuer videos captured by villagers in Pattoki

World Published 07 May, 2022 05:53pm

UN decries ‘shocking’ Christian-Muslim clashes in Ethiopia

The cemetery where the attack occurred neighbours a mosque and church and has been the subject of an ongoing dispute between Muslims and Orthodox Christians