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17,000 child abuse cases reported nationwide in 2025
Se[tember 15, 2026 By Hashir Ahsan ISLAMABAD An important meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights was held…
How was a nine year old schoolgirl subjected to brutality in Swat?
An orphaned girl in Madyan's Koza Kali area of Upper Swat was allegedly sexually assaulted and killed, police said. The…
4 arrested in alleged gang-rape of 2 women of same family
September 10, 2026 By Rehan Piracha LAHORE Police have arrested all four armed suspects, along…
The Kalash Tribe’s only school, working to save its mother tongue without govt help
September 9, 2026 By Islam Gul CHITRAL Amid the foothills and dense forest of the…
1million compensation, a govt job, announced by Chief Minister KP in visit to Ayat Noor’s family
August 29, 2026 By Xari Jalil LAHORE Ayat Noor case update Chief Minister Suhail Afridi has taken notice of the incident Meanwhile, the Chief Minister KP, Sohail Afridi, after the…
Tragedy in Haripur: Demand for justice grows as community mourns 5 year old Ayat Noor
August 25, 2026 By Xari Jalil LAHORE The grief-stricken family of five-year-old Ayat Noor was handed her body on Tuesday, August 25, following a post-mortem examination—bringing a heartbreaking end to…
Grieving mother demands speedy justice as cases of crimes against children spike in Mardan
August 19, 2026 By Abdul Razzaq MARDAN Fourteen year old Nouman, the son of Shabina Bibi, a resident of Garo Shah village in Mardan district, was allegedly shot dead by…
Supreme Court approves bail for Afghan citizen married to Pakistani woman
August 7, 2026 By Hashir Ahsan ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court of Pakistan has approved post-arrest bail for Jalat Khan, an Afghan national married to a Pakistani woman, while providing…
Traders threaten march to Islamabad over 10-month closure of Pak-Afghan border
August 5, 2026 By Islam Gul Afridi TORKHAM A continuous closure of the Pak-Afghan trade route border for the last 10 months has pushed the border economy to the brink…
The long road to the ballot box: Women in Lower Dir still wait to be counted
August 1, 2026 By Iqra Manzoor LAHORE Women in Lower Dir remain far less likely than men to be registered voters, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) a…
16-year-old beauty parlour worker gangraped in Nowshera, prime suspect arrested
A 16-year-old girl employed at a beauty parlour in Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was allegedly abducted and gang-raped, police said. A case has been registered…
PHC restrains authorities from deporting Peshawar man over blocked ID card
A man named Quaid-e-Azam, a honorific often used with the name of the Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was stopped from being deported after the…
HRCP is deeply concerned by the recently proposed Punjab Control of Habitual Offenders and Anti-Social Behaviour Bill, which appears to confer sweeping powers on the executive to impose intrusive restrictions on individuals without adequate judicial oversight or due-process
The role of Kashmir migrants in Azad Jammu & Kashmir’s political system remains one of the most debated issues in AJK politics.
In this episode of Rights Watch, former Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and Member of the AJK Legislative Assembly Abdul Majid Khan responds
In this episode of Know Your Rights, we explore inheritance laws in Pakistan and examine how assets are distributed among legal heirs under the law. We break down the principles governing inheritance, including the division of property, businesses, financial assets, and other
Why do acid attacks continue to occur in Pakistan, and should acid be available for domestic use at all?
In this episode of Rights Watch, we examine the growing debate around acid regulation, acid attacks, and public safety. Our guest, Gul Hasan of the Punjab Women Protection
Tirah victims demand immediate release of promised govt compensation
The KP govt has been urged to honour its promise and ensure…
Is banning TikTok an effective regulation? Petition in PHC sparks fresh debate
A petition filed in the Peshawar High Court seeking a crackdown on…
Flooded registration centre compounds misery for Tirah’s displaced families
The registration process for families displaced from Tirah Valley in Khyber district…
Landi Kotal holding camp overwhelmed by an influx of returning refugees
Afghan refugee returns from Pakistan have surged since the July 10 deadline.…
In Kohistan, half a million women have no one to tell their story
Across Pakistan, women are entering journalism, filmmaking, and digital media in growing…
Afghan businessmen fear being forced to sell their businesses at throwaway prices before deportation
Ajmal Khan, who belongs to Afghanistan, has been running a scrap business…
Traders, industrialists up in arms over withdrawal of tax incentives in former FATA and PATA
Traders and industrialists in the the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)…
Return date for Tirah IDPs set for October, concerns persist
The process of returning families displaced from Tirah Valley to their homes…
Forced exodus, broken promises, and the hidden crisis of Tirah Valley
A fact-finding mission by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has…
Pakistani traders lose Rs 280b, Afghanistan Rs 140b in 9 months of border closure
The nine-month-long closure of border trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan has caused…
North Waziristan: Students, traders struggle without 3G/4G mobile internet due to digital blackout
The continued absence of 3G and 4G mobile internet services in North…
A son of Pakistani mother and Afghan father fights for legal identity, approaches Peshawar High Court
Kamran Khan, whose mother is Pakistani and father is Afghan, has approached…