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Milan: Amid fears for her safety following her acquittal of blasphemy after eight years on a death row, the Italian government on Wednesday said it is committed to helping Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi. more
Pakistan: Karachi woman directed to shun Hijab at work or resign, sparks social media storm

Karachi: In perhaps one of the first of its kinds incident in Muslim-majority Pakistan, a woman employee of a Karachi City-based software company was asked to stop wearing hijab at her wo ...

OHCHR Report on Kashmir human rights is seriously flawed and biased, says European think tank group

Amsterdam: The human rights report on Kashmir by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) glosses over the cross-border terrorism exported by Pakistan w ...

Campaign of hacking, spyware and surveillance targets human rights defenders in Pakistan: Amnesty

Islamabad: Human rights defenders in Pakistan are under threat from a targeted campaign of digital attacks, which has seen social media accounts hacked and computers and mobile phones inf ...

BRP says ISI using proxy account on Twitter to create confusion

Geneva/Islamabad: The Baloch Republican Party (BRP) has said that the Inter-Services Intelligence is using fake accounts to create confusion and undermine the former's efforts to expo ...

After London, NY, Geneva taxis carry 'Save Baloch' adverts

Geneva: Following campaigns in New York and London, Geneva too witnessed 'Save Baloch' adverts as the local taxis were adorned with "Save Baloch People from Pakistani war cri ...

Pakistani court asks NADRA to submit list of people who have left Islam

Islamabad: Islamabad High Court recently ordered the country's national citizen database to hand over a list of people who have left Islam for another religion, the Rabwah Times repor ...

Sexual exploitation of boys frequent in Pakistan; Activist rues lack of support

Islamabad: Sexual abuse of minor boys is frequent in Pakistan, according to a report by Dawn News. The already grim situation is exacerbated by the widespread apathy among law practitione ...

Senior Pakistani scribe urges Islamabad to take up cases of journalists seriously

Islamabad: In the wake of Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui's attempted abduction by unknown assailants, senior Pakistani journalist Raza Rumi has urged Islamabad to take up the safe ...

The curious cases of missing activists in Pakistan

A strange phenomenon is gripping Pakistan! One day liberal activists are seen protesting government actions and the next day they are gone. People say it's the government run organisa ...