Meet Obaidullah Wardak, a professor from Kabul University who prompted a series of resignations in universities across Afghanistan in solidarity with female students.
A letter by the Ministry of Higher Education instructed universities to immediately suspend access to female students on 20 December 2022.
Female parliamentarians across the board rallied in support of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar after a disgruntled MNA criticized the government for sending a woman to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
Reflecting hope and horror the protests in Iran showcase young people fighting and dying for human rights and personal liberties.
Pakistan has arrested six fishermen for illegally hunting in Pakistan’s territorial waters, according to a spokesperson for Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PSMA).
Award-winning journalists Steven Butler, Hamid Mir, Daniel Bastard, and others discuss the increasing attacks against journalists and whether there is a siege against the media at the 4th Asma Jahangir Conference.
Speakers at the #AJCONF session on Kashmir have called on India and Pakistan to initiate dialogue over the disputed region stalled for several years due to hostilities between the South Asian states.
By Xari Jalil: Steven Butler, the Asia Program Coordinator of CPJ, was for the second time detained at the Lahore airport while travelling to attend the Asma Jahangir Conference #AJCONF
By Xari Jalil: 15 years and still no arrests regarding the Karsaz case.
Qamar Zaman Kaira condemned the change in Indian electoral rules to allow temporary residents in IOK to register themselves as voters there, terming it another attempt by New Delhi to change the demography of the Muslim-majority region.
