The government eased restrictions on Pakistan’s partial lockdown claiming that by extending it, the poor would starve. But as soon as businesses opened, people from the higher and middle-income bracket groups were ...

For decades the local people living in the upper parts of the country particularly Malakand and Hazara divisions have been experiencing severe water shortage for decades, forced to fetch drinking water from miles away from ...

Markets and shopping malls have been reopened all across the country after the Supreme Court gave a decision in a suo moto case hearing regarding the measures taken to deal with coronavirus. While earlier, markets were ...

On April 7, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr. Zafar Mirza tweeted that Pakistan’s daily testing capacity will be raised to 20,000 “in the coming days”. Fast forward to May 16 and Pakistan has conducted only ...

Gujranwala becomes one of the most affected areas in Punjab as more than 1,650 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the division. Located in the north of Punjab’s provincial capital Lahore, Gujranwala’s administration ...

Karachi police have been unable to demystify the reasons surrounding the death of a newborn baby girl, who was found on a footpath in Mominabad area of the city. The baby girl passed away while being shifted to a local hospital ...

Pakistan sent the highest number of content censoring or removal requests to Facebook in the first half of 2019 according to Facebook’s transparency report released on May 12. The Facebook transparency report ...

Lockdowns have been enforced across the world in an effort to restrict the spread of Coronavirus, as part of social distancing measures. However, in parts of Balochistan, the lockdown seems to be having the opposite of its intended ...

The healthcare crisis has hit Pakistan hard, and part of the reason for this has been the negligible quota of the budget that the healthcare sector is given. According to the federal budget in the last fiscal year (2019-20), the ...

As Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s COVID-19 cases bloat to worrying statistics, an increasing number of doctors and other healthcare workers such as nurses and paramedics are also contracting the potentially deadly virus ...

An Eighteen year old man Muhammad Siddique Bangali was arrested in Hyderabad for sexually assaulting and then burying alive an eight year old girl Rukhsar. The incident took place inside the Quaid park on the main Autobahn ...

Pakistan’s financial hub, Karachi has probably been the worst-hit economically by the lockdown. As life and business come to standstill, tens of thousands have been left unemployed in the city. With the majority of offices and ...

Although it has a remarkably vibrant press, Pakistan only ranks at number eight on the CPJ’s 2019 Global Impunity Index that enlists countries where murders of journalists go unpunished. At least 65 journalists and media workers ...

A seven year old boy was sexually assaulted by his 18 year old neighbor in the Yadgar area of Bisham tehsil, Shangla district on Thursday, April 30, 2020. District Police Officer (DPO) Shangla, Malak Ijaz said that the police came to ...

The Habib Jalib Peace Award for the year 2020 has been given to the globally recognized prominent human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir. Since 2007, the Habib Jalib Peace Award has been given to known personalities ...

Although the concern behind the prevailing lockdown is to mitigate the spread of the potentially fatal coronavirus, restrictions on movement and forcing people to remain indoors has enabled a different kind of pandemic: domestic abuse ...

There has been public outrage over Tariq Jamil's derogatory remarks against women and the youth of Pakistan at the Prime Minister's telethon on April 23. Politicians, lawyers, human rights activists, journalists, academics, and other ...

Two minor Hindu girls were abducted from Sawari, a village within the Thari Mirwah police station limits in district Khairpur, Sindh. While the girls’ family announce their fears that the victims are under threat of being forcibly converted ...

After the 20-point accord between the federal government and the top religious leaders of the country was signed, on April 18, mosques across the country are now holding congregations and daily prayers as usual. But as the government agreed ...

In a tragic incident on April 18, a 28-year old woman, Maryam killed herself by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room. She was a resident of Francisabad, a Christian dominated area of Gujranwala, and was a mother of four children ...

As businesses, stores, factories, and entire companies are forced to close down, while facing irrecoverable losses, home-based workers (HBWs) are drowning in a similar mire of economic depression. Shamim Bano, a resident of Godhra in ...

On the request of the Pakistani High Commission, the 41 Pakistanis who had been stranded in India were finally able to cross the Wagah border on April 16 and return to their homeland. But two of the women amongst them have tested positive ...

Nearly 1,600 railway porters across the country are now without a livelihood, as unemployment rises across Sindh during the lockdown. Despite assurances by Minister of Railways, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, of relief through the Federal ...

Around 300 Pakistani students stranded in Bangladesh are yearning to return home, as the world fights the Coronavirus in lockdown which was imposed on March 18. The students say they have been facing immense difficulties in procuring ...

Although the federal government has extended the lockdown to April 30 across the country, certain restrictions have been eased to allow traders, businesses, and manufacturers to resume operations. However, the government has maintained the ...

The Islamabad High court (IHC) on Tuesday, April 14, ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to restore 3G/4G internet services in erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The court issued the directive while ...

Sanitary workers have stood at the forefront of the war against the COVID-19 pandemic, but due to a lack of safety equipment for the community, they are also possibly a high risk-group for the virus as they have been tasked with the removal ...

سپریم کورٹ نے کورونا وائرس کی  روک تھام کے سلسلے میں اٹھاے گئے  اقدامات پر لئے گئے  ز خود نوٹس کی سماعت کے دوران حکومتی کار گردگی پر بہت سے اعتراضات اور سوالات اٹھا دیے. چیف جسٹس گلزار احمد کی سربراہی میں پانچ رکنی بینچ نے وزیر اعظم کے معاون ...

The PM’s Ehsas Programme has come about with gusto, yet those who are at the collection points tell of extremely bad management, and lack of safety measures which they must face. Is the misery of those in need, actually being alleviated or ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbp_bUJMaTY By Ahmed Saeed High courts have no authority for suo moto: SCP On Tuesday, April 7, the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) rolled back under trial prisoners’ bails that had been...

- Story by Haider Kaleem. The Federal Minister for Education, Shafqat Mahmood justified why the Government must continue its plan to make students attend classes despite the non-availability of the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idjjDwEVEA8 - Story by Ahmed Saeed. Like much of the world, Pakistan too has also shut down all educational institutions to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country. At first, the...

https://youtu.be/1QuM9kVovNY - Story by Haider Kaleem 12 doctors and 2 paramedics in Balochistan have tested positive for the COVID 19 virus, as the provincial government has not been able to arrange...

آج سپریم کورٹ آف پاکستان میں کورونا وائرس کے پھیلاو کے خطرے کے پیش نظر زیر سماعت قیدیوں کی ضمانت پر رہائی کے لئے درخواست کی سماعت ہی.   چیف جسٹس...

https://youtu.be/RPkncY90lMA   - Story by Asra Haque. Mohammad Rashid Memon and his family were expecting to return by March 21, 2020. They had all flown to Turkey on March 15 of March...

- Story by Ayesha Mir, Islamabad. As novel coronavirus cases grow exponentially across Pakistan, the government is yet to decide whether the federal capital will remain in partial lock down,...

  With the lockdown, people have been pushed back inside their homes. No one wants to risk being outdoors, for fear of contracting the Coronavirus. Yet the heroes who battle...

Staff Report The Asma Jahangir (AGHS) Legal Aid Cell had filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) for court intervention regarding the overpopulation of prisons and the related...

Staff Report A number of actions taken on Thursday, March 26, showed that the judiciary and the executive were both taking the idea of releasing prisoners seriously in order to...

In Balochistan, according to the Ministry of Health, the emergence of 21 new cases in the past 48 hours has raised the province’s tally to 131. 1159 suspected patients...

Petitions at IHC, SHC and PHC also seek immediate release of prisoners to contain the virus  Staff Report While human rights’ activists have been pushing the Government to release prisoners in...

In response to rising instances of child sexual abuse in the region, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government referred to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and the Supreme Court for...

Currently, the novel coronovirus has spread to 108 countries worldwide. During the initial outbreak, South Korea suffered the most amount of COVID-19 cases, second to China, with a total...

Professor Muhammad Idrees along with the team of university of Punjab’s Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology has claimed to have successfully developed a low-cost kit to test likely...

LAHORE: A week ago, on International Women's Day, thousands of women across Pakistan poured into the streets under the banner of Aurat March. Women, transgenders and allies rallied together,...

CHAMAN: As the dead increase in numbers at the Pak-Afghan border in Balochistan, immigrants stranded on either side are demanding the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan reopen borders so...

چین سے شروع ہونے والا کورونا وائرس اب دنیا کے ١٤٥ ممالک میں پھیل چکا ہے پاکستان میں اس وقت ١٣٦ افراد میں  کورونا وائرس کی موجودگی کی تشخیص ہو...

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) held a protest in front of the Lahore Press Club on Friday against the enforced disappearance of Idris Khattak.   Khattak, a human...

The Islamabad Police in Kohsar has registered a case against 12 individuals for disrupting yesterday's Aurat Azaadi March – including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) member Maulana Abdul Majeed Hizravi as...

Imagine being pelted with stones and bricks for merely asking for your fundamental rights. That is what happened to women in Pakistan’s capital city on Sunday. Women across Pakistan from...

As the Aurat March approaches, a last petition at the Islamabad High Court is dismissed by the Chief Justice Representatives of a religious group filed an application at the Islamabad...

The Lahore High Court in its verdict today resolved that stopping Aurat March would be a direct violation of several fundamental liberties given to women. The civil miscellaneous application filed...



The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has launched a national movement in collaboration with the legal fraternity and civil society organisations to demand the denotification of the social...

 

Editors for Safety (EfS) has welcomed the Ministry of Human Rights' landmark "Protection of Journalists & Media Professionals Bill 2020", aimed at ensuring the safety and security of journalists....

On the 25th of February, journalist and politician Javedullah Khan was shot dead in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The father of 2 was also a member of the peace committee...

Basic protective measures against the new coronavirus Wash your hands frequently Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water. Why? Washing your...

On Feb 16th, the body of 8 year old Madiha was recovered in Saro Khel village of district Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Medical reports confirmed she had been raped and...

The Supreme Court has adjourned till Tuesday the hearing on a synopsis submitted by Advocate Munir A. Malik, representing Justice Qazi Faez Isa, challenging the presidential reference filed against...

یورپی یونین نے پاکستان میں ہونےوالی انسانی حقوق کی پامالیوں اور شہری آزادیوں پر قدغنییں لگنے پر سخت تشویش کا اظہار کیا۔  فروری ١٠ کوجنرلائزد سکیم برائے ترجیحات (جی ایس...

PPP Senator and Chair of the Senate Committee on Human Rights, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, expressed the need to repeal Section 124-A (Sedition) of the Pakistan Penal Code. And today,...

Violations of women's rights are commonplace in Pakistan, a country which is ranked 6th among the most dangerous countries in the world for women. And in the case of...

LAHORE: AGHS Legal Aid Cell, with the support of the Pakistan Bar Council and EU Pakistan, held a memorial on 7th Feb 2020 in wake of the 2nd death...

طلبہ یکجہتی مارچ کے بعد کیے جانے والے بغاوت کے مقدمے کا فیصلہ سناتے ہوئے، لاہور ہائی کورٹ نے وزیرستان سے تعلق رکھنے والے پنجاب یونیورسٹی کے طالبعلم، عالمگیر وزیر...

The Awami Workers Party (AWP) held a press conference at 3PM on Thursday at the National Press Club in Islamabad to denounce the arrests of political workers by Kohsar...

This Monday, the Senate passed the Maternity and Paternity Leave Act. While Article 37 (e) of the Constitution ensures maternity benefits for women in employment, there are currently no...

On Jan 18, 2020, the body of a seven year old girl was found in Mohallah Pir Sach of Kaka Sahib village, district Nowshera. The girl was reported missing...

Islamabad Bar Association’s (IBA) controversial resolution that aimed to make all members make a declaration of their faith, has now been revoked, voicepk.net has learnt. Vice Chairman of the Pakistan...

Situated 5 kilometers west of Ghallanai, headquarters of the Mohmand tribal district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chanday Bazaar is a popular market with several dozen shops laden with clothes, accessories...

خیبرپختونخوا میں پانچ سال سے کم عمر 98 بچوں میں پولیو وائرس کی تصدیق ہو گئی۔ انسداد پولیوایمرجنسی آپریشن سنٹرکے اعداد و شمار کےمطابق 2016 میں 8 ، 2017...

The Supreme Court today suspended the Lahore High Court’s orders for the immediate release of Advocate Inam-ur-Rahim, a missing persons lawyers who had made a name for himself for...

ISLAMABAD: It's a rare moment in Pakistan’s politics when the ruling PTI, and PML-N and PPP in the opposition agree on anything let alone come together to pass a...

This afternoon some people claiming to be from the ISI barged into my Urdu publisher Maktaba Daniyal offices, confiscated all copies of Urdu translation of A Case of Exploding...

Colonel Inam-ur-Rahim, a lawyer who had fought cases for families of missing persons and coordinator for the Rawalpindi Bar Association’s Human Rights Committee, had been forcibly disappeared by security...

After refusing to give an extension to Chief of Army staff General Raheel Sharif during their government, some PML-N leaders seemed all too eager to support legislation giving an...

LAHORE: Sana, a 15 year old domestic helper was allegedly tortured and killed by her employer on December 31 in Chung, Lahore. Investigation officer Ejaz Rasool states that police found...

Rana Sanaullah, a senior leader of the PML-N, was granted bail by the Lahore High Court on Dec 22nd in a narcotics case levied against him by the Anti-Narcotics...

A notice from the Tehrik-I-Taliban Pakistan says they have reorganized & regrouped in Darra Adam Khel, South-West of Peshawar. The TTP has warned locals of Darra Adam Khel of dire...

Junaid Hafeez, a former visiting lecturer at Bahauddin Zakariya University, was awarded the death penalty by a court in the Central Jail in Multan on 21st December 2019. He...

The indigenous Kalash culture is rich with flavour and values humanity above all else. In this exclusive report by Fauzia Kulsoom Rana, watch the utter beauty and essence of...

A special court declared former military dictator General Musharraf guilty of high treason and handed him the death sentence on Dec 17th — a judgement unprecedented in Pakistan's legal...

On the 5th of December, a writ petition was filed and admitted by Asma Jahangir Legal Aid Cell through the petitioner, Salman Sufi, a social activist. The petition focuses...

The Senate Committee on Human Rights held a hearing on the 6th of December on 4 concerns, one of which was the matter of the sedition charges levied against...

KARACHI: On the night of Dec 1st, Dua Mangi was kidnapped by armed, unidentified men in DHA Karachi. She was in the company of a male friend, Haris Soomro, in...

ISLAMABAD: On Dec 2nd, around 2 dozen protesters gathered outside DAWN’s Islamabad bureau, claiming that DAWN was pushing an “anti-Islam” and “anti-state” narrative. HRCP in a tweet said that...

When students across 50 cities in Pakistan marched for their rights, government ministers spoke up in support. And yet, the very next day, marchers as well as teachers, leaders...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvdu9yg6Mkk   LAHORE: As the students’ solidarity march is set to begin on Friday, a charged atmosphere engulfs the campuses. Students in FC College and LUMS aired their views openly, but in...

On 13th November, 56 year old human rights activist, Idris Khattak was forcibly disappeared in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Khattak had tirelessly worked on enforced disappearances in Pakistan and he was...

Sarim Raza, an undergrad student of LUMS, has set up the Riayat Community Center at the Tajweed Al-Quran, a madressah in Gohawa Village run by Nafeesa Baji. From toddlers...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has promulgated an ordinance extending certain powers of the armed forces, which were available in erstwhile FATA and PATA, while acting in aid of civil...

Additional Advocate General of Sindh High Court Kalpana Devi is a politician from Larkana and an official member of the PPP. She was banned by her own Hindu Panchayat...

Kartarpur, Punjab (Pakistan): The Kartarpur Corridor - connecting Dera Baba Nanak Sahib in India and the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan, is now open for Sikh pilgrims. It's...

Strasbourg, France: The World Forum for Democracy was conducted from the 6th to the 8th of November this year at the Council of Europe. Journalists, activists and aspiring students,...

FAISALABAD: A video of a woman being beaten in public by hooligans armed with sticks surfaced on the 5th of November 2019 on social media. Individuals can be heard...

SINDH: On the 28th of October 2019, an eleven year old girl was raped within the walls of a mosque in Pano Akil, Sukkur. The perpetrator, Shafqat Samejo, was...

The Supreme Court Bar Elections concluded today with a landslide victory to the Asma Group candidate, Qalb-I-Hassan, as the current president of the SCBA. The Asma Group (formally known...

The Supreme Court Bar Elections 2019 will be held tomorrow on the 31st of October. Supreme Court advocates from across the country will vote for 22 seats. Lahore consists...

As Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman's Azadi March approaches Islamabad, the authorities tighten their noose around JUI-F's leadership. Is Freedom of Association only for JUI-F Workers? JUI-F’s Mufti Kifayatullah was arrested during a raid...

‘The Killing Fields of Karachi’, an art installation by Adeela Suleiman at the Karachi Biennale 2019 was forcibly shut down on 27th of October 2019. On Sunday morning, men in...

AGHS has successfully represented bonded labourer cases in the reporting period. One such case is of Irshad Hussein a bonded labourer at a brick-kiln. His employer fraudulently got his...

In several cases of prolonged incarceration AGHS through its prison project provided legal services and had three women released and exonerated of all charges. These women had no hope...

Kaneez Fatima, a mother of four children failed to recover her children in the Sessions Court Lahore in her first Habeas Petition, where she was instructed to go to...

In another case, a mother of four children reported to AGHS that her children were taken away illegally from her, including a minor girl. The eldest daughter said that...

A case was reported to AGHS by the victim Shama Parveen, a young woman aged 21. She was hired as a domestic servant in the house of an influential...

Rabia Rustam, a minor girl, working as a domestic worker in a household was raped and otherwise physically abused at the hands of her employer Atta Ullah....