Tag: Displacement

Over 1,700 Afghan families are holding demonstrations in Islamabad for the last two months, protesting the inhumane treatment meted out to women and children since they crossed into Pakistan following the Taliban takeover in August last year.

At least eight children and one woman died while more than 20 villagers suffered critical burns when a fire engulfed some 50 homes in a Dadu village Monday night. According to locals, firefighters and rescue teams never arrived while the blaze raged on for 12 hours.

On Monday, hundreds of women took to the streets in Gwadar to protest against illegal trawling and the existence of security check posts. They said their livelihood is being affected by bad policies of the government.

Residents of several localities whose houses were demolished to pave way for the KCR project await Govt compensation & resettlement as promised to them in the 2019 SC judgment.