Mass Communication student Sayed Muhammad, from the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) had filed a petition at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the suspension and unavailability of the internet in the ...

Writer and political analyst Javed Jabbar's confrontation with India's Major General GD Bakshi went viral on social media where he is seen to be responding to the General's attack on the concept of Pakistan's inception ...

Manmeet Kaur, a young girl from the Sikh community of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been nominated for an international award in the interfaith category. She is among the 100 winners of 10 million nominated for the ...

For the transgender community, Aisha Mughal represents a lot more than just an expert. Mughal - a transgender woman has been working at the Ministry of Human Rights as a transgender rights expert since some time now ...

Shehzad Anwer of FAFEN shared raised these important points with voicepk.net based on the information gained through the recent survey conducted by FAFEN. “The FAFEN survey was conducted in 8 industrial districts of Pakistan ...

Senator Usman Khan says #ISupport18thAmendment. He also demanded further empowerment of the Senate as the house of federation & warned of serious political consequences if any undemocratic means are used to alter the #18ThAmendment ...

Mass Communication student Sayed Muhammad, from the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) had filed a petition at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the suspension and unavailability of the internet in the merged tribal ...

Mukhtar Ahmad Ali, a former information commissioner at Punjab Information Commission has filed an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2017 to seek information from President Arif Alvi and the President Secretariat about ...

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to give a one-year relief to Islamabad, keeping in view the country's struggle against the coronavirus pandemic ...

Health Minister Punjab, Dr.Yasmin Rashid says that the government is utilizing the Coronavirus Lockdown period to enhance the capacity of the healthcare system. She insists govt hospitals have a proper waste disposal system in place in ...

In an exclusive interview with Voicepk.net’s Asra Haque, Qaiser Afridi, Spokesperson of UNHCR in Pakistan explains how the UN Refugee Agency is protecting the rights of refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people during ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTnb8AaZQIA Find out in this exclusive interview with Zafar Mirza, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services. Mirza speaks of the government’s plan to continue to impose stringent measures in...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut7VCAxNrPY As the shut down in Punjab has entered into its third week, the downtrodden and marginalized segments of society are bearing the brunt of the situation. Working-class communities especially daily...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TGVRhZ-MT0 While the rest of Europe is in lockdown, Swedes are enjoying spring sitting in cafes and restaurants or going to the cinema. Sweden has 5568 coronavirus cases and 308...

Pakistan’s prisons are currently severely over-capacity, with a disproportionate amount of women, children, elderly offenders, physically and mentally incapacitated detainees, under-trial offenders and petty offenders in detention. Moreover, overcrowding...

Our reporter in Lahore, Haider Kaleem interviews the chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party & Standing Committee on Human Rights (National Assembly)     Haider Kaleem: What role will the Pakistan Peoples Party...

 Speaking exclusively to voicepk.net, Turkish novelist & Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk converses with journalist and host of Aaj TV's "Spot Light", and painter and rights activist Salima Hashmi during...

In a voicepk.net exclusive, Munizae Jahangir (journalist and host of Aaj TV’s “Spot Light”) sat down with member of the National Assembly and one of the leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz...

بلوچستان سے تعلق رکھنے والی انسانی حقوق کی سرگرم کارکن اور وکیل جلیلہ حیدر کو لاہور ایئرپورٹ حکام کی جانب سے 7 گھنٹے تحویل میں رکھنے کے بعد رہا...

عابد ساقی 16 جنوری 2020 کو پاکستان بار کونسل کے چئیرمین منتخب ہوئے، انہوں نے اس کے قبل بھی بار کونسلز میں مختلففرائض سر انجام دئیے اور ملک میں...

LAHORE: In a drastic change from his earlier stance, former law minister of Punjab and PML-N's MNA Rana Sanaullah says that Pakistan should move towards abolishing the death penalty. “Pakistan needs...

Dec 27th marks the death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto, a renowned face of Pakistan’s political legacy and an icon of feminine power in one of the most challenging societies...

Justice Gulzar Ahmed becomes the 27th Chief Justice of Pakistan on 21st December, 2019. Watch our exclusive video to know more about him.   Reported by Ayesha Nazar.

Senior Advocate Supreme Court Bar Association Abid Saqi speaks exclusively to voicepk.net’s Munizae Jahangir on how lawyers are being randomly arrested in relation to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology...

On 10th December 2019 at the National Assembly, Federal Minster for Human Rights Shireen Mazari and MNA Nafisa Shah vocalized the need to lift the ban on student unions...

Washington Post's Christian Caryl talks about the astonishing collaboration of right-wing trolls situated in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, USA, and even Israel in the aftermath of Jamal Khashoggi's assassination.

In an interview with journalist Munizae Jahangir, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan, stated that the government was in full support of reinstating student unions....

Chair Human Rights Committee in Senate, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, from Pakistan People's Party (PPP) says the Senate committee will summon the Punjab Police Inspector General (IG), Shoaib Dastagir to...

Writer and columnist for BBC Urdu, Wusat Ullah Khan, appealed for state accountability during the panel on "Social Media & Freedom of Expression" at AJCONF . "Give us answers,...

Pakistan's top advocates weighed in on the legal ramifications and significance of Justice Asif Saeed's Khosa decision to suspend govt-issued notification to extend Chief of Army Staff, Qamar Bajwa's...

Jalila Haider, a human rights advocate and activist, spoke for the panel on "Religious & Ethnic Minorities Under Siege in South Asia" at AJCONF 2019. In her opening statement,...

Munizae Jahangir speaks with Humayun Zaman Mirza, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Human Rights Commission at Faiz Festival

Munizae Jahangir speaks with Humayun Zaman Mirza, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Human Rights Commission at Faiz Festival

MNA Mehnaz Akbar reveals startling data on Pakistan's #Children. Just these numbers reveal how grim the situation is.

Manizeh Bano raises some serious questions about the Child Sexual Abuse in Kasur. She says in the past 6 months 40 cases have been reported but no investigation is...

Knut Otsby, United Nations Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan, talks about human rights issues in Pakistan and explains how he is working in partnership with Pakistan to address...

EU Ambassador Designate to Pakistan, Her Excellency Androulla Kaminara, explains EU programs and policies on human rights, and tools of cooperation with Pakistan.

Netherlands' Human Rights Ambassador to Pakistan, H.E. Bahia Tahzib Lie, talks about her country's commitment to human rights issues. She also talks about the Netherlands' engagements in different activities...

In a news conference, Attorney-General for Pakistan Anwar Mansoor Khan, along with Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan says that the matter...

 

Akram Durrani provides that the Azadi March's leadership disregard Sheikh Rashid's statements that the Maulana was due to turn back. The dharna is still on-going.

While the JUI-F remains adamant in their demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Akram Durrani claims that in-house change is a topic that will be on...

In an exclusive interview, Munizae Jahangir asks Akram Durrani (Leader of the Opposition, Provincial Assembly Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) if the Rahbar Committee has reached an agreement on reforms in the...

PPP's Ch Manzoor questions why the extension is given to the Army chief

Her Honour Judge Khatoon Sapnara is a Circuit Judge and is authorized to act as a Judge of the High Court of England and Wales. She speaks ardently at...

"Without independent lawyers and judges, rights are meaningless" One of Britain's most distinguished lawyers, Baroness Helena Kennedy of The Shaws, QC FRSA, Director of IBAHRI (International Bar Association's Human...