Tag: enforced disappearances

Families of missing persons claimed that security forces killed at least five listed missing persons in allegedly staged encounters in Ziarat.

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah says that Pakistan's military leadership strongly condemns the practice of enforced disappearances, and urged an end to it through dialogue with stakeholders

In an interview with a private news channel, Federal Minister for Human Rights Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada claimed that some missing persons were in contact with Kulbhushan Jadhav, and suggested that the issue of missing persons be handled by security agencies rather than a commission

Family, friends and concerned civil society activists have been staging a sit-in outside the Karachi Press Club for the past four days calling for the recovery of two forcibly disappeared Baloch students.

Digital Rights Foundation Pakistan reported that it received a total of 11,681 complaints regarding cyber harassment in the past 5 years. Women comprised a majority of complainants at 68%.

Journalist Mudassar Naaru's mother, Rahat Mehmood, talks to Voicepk.net about how hollow every Eid feels since his disappearance four years ago, and her struggle to recover Sachal's father as well as the loved ones of other families of missing persons

Following the terrorist attack at Karachi University, Bebgar Imdad, a Baloch student, was picked up from the Punjab Univeristy hostels by security forces. Baloch students claim they are racially profiled in wake of such incidents.

Police arrested one Sibtain Khan for opening fire on five Khawaja Siras in their home in Upper Channia, Mansehra district, before fleeing Sunday night. Four survivors are in critical condition despite emergency surgery.

Justice Amir Farooq of the IHC has directed the Federal Govt to enact legislature setting the minimum marriageable age for girls. For more human rights news, keep reading.

Voicepk.net casts a spotlight on three tales of enforced disappearances, as narrated by mothers and daughters of victims in high profile cases.