May 2, 2021; By Munizae Jahangir; LAHORE; Pakistan’s top officials recently indicated that the state would like to ‘mainstream’ the religio-political party Tehreek-e-Labbaik, Pakistan (TLP). But it is still unclear if the ban will remain.
While the battle for workers’ rights continues, even though it is late, the new law passed for the Islamabad territory is a step in the right direction.
As the protests against enforced disappearances grow louder and the world marks the International Day for Enforced Disappearances, in Pakistan, it may be the other way round.
June 23: The Prime Minister has said too many times, that sexual assault is related to the clothes that a woman is wearing. what is the reason then, that so many children are raped everyday? Also it is deeply disturbing that the PM seems to be pushing an agenda of downright regression.
It may sound strange to some people that the boldest & sharpest opposition to the unannounced hybrid martial law imposed on the country in the last few years has originated from a comparatively backward area, without a long history ...
Both the police and the judiciary conveniently ignore the physical restraint and abuse of these labourers. In many cases, in fact, the police assists in recovering runaway labourers and handing them over to agents of the employers or even...
قبائلی ضلع خیبر کے علاقے چاروازگئی میں پاک افغان شاہراہ پر سیاسی اتحاد کا دھرنا دس روز تک رہا، جسکا مقصد پشاور ریگی میں سی ٹی ڈی کے مبینہ آپریشن میں ہلاک کئے جانے والے خاصہ دار فورس کے...
For ten days in a row, protesters staging a sit-in at the Pak-Afghan Highway passing through Charwazgai, a locality of the tribal belt in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, demanded justice for Adnan Shinwari, a local youth who had been murdered in an encounter by...
“Everything is a risk in Pakistan: If you defend women, it's a risk. If you defend non-Muslims, it's a risk. If you discuss religion, it's a risk. But you can't really sit there like a vegetable in your own society. And I'm committed to that society... and I feel I need to turn around and speak as I should.”
“over 77,275 prisoners were held in 114 jails across the country. These 114 jails cumulatively have the capacity to house only 57,742 people”
In the wake of the COVID -19 virus, although there has been a notification of releasing under...
