Tag: KP
Rights Watch | 06 August 2020
Civil rights in KP under threat: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Actions (In Aid of Civil Power) Ordinance, granting the military far-reaching authority to arrest anyone from anywhere within the province and detain them for indefinite ...
Poverty pushes schoolteachers to become a street vendor
Jul 25, 2020: In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, all educational institutions have been closed since the start of the lockdown in March. During this time, because of the closure, some private schools have laid off their teachers from the jobs as well ...
Parachinar locals express fury at increasing terrorism
Jul 24, 2020: The latest bombing that hit Parachinar Town has triggered anger and fear among the locals of the city with the re-emergence of violence in the area. Parachinar is the capital city of Kurram District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been ...
Closure of PTDC motels leaves several families jobless
Jul 20, 2020: At least 600 employees lost their jobs after the Pakistan Tourism Corporation motels in the Northern areas of Pakistan were abruptly closed down ...
The biggest Sikh community in the country has no crematorium
Jul 10, 2020: The families of the 19 deceased Sikh pilgrims are now facing another disturbing situation – there is no crematorium in Peshawar to carry out the funeral rites of their loved ones. The families of Mohallah Jogan Shah received the ...
Dir families await bodies of their loved ones as flights delay
Jul 01, 2020: At least 128 bodies of Pakistanis have been transported from Saudi Arabia since the pandemic while at least 119 remained to be lifted from various countries. Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that 56,846 people and 479 ...
KP: Citizens protest against increasing cases of custodial torture
Jun27, 2020: Thousands of citizens protested across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Friday, against police torture. Coincidentally Friday also marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Friday, June 26 ...
Rights Watch | 23rd June 2020
Clinic Worker Booked For Blackmail: The Federal Investigation Agency’s cybercrime wing booked an anesthesia assistant at a private clinic in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for blackmailing female patients of whom the accused ...
Mothers lose choice of formula milk as KP imposes ban
Jun 20, 2020: The provincial government has banned the distribution, marketing, and sales of formula milk, leaving no choice for new mothers. In a notification issued by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Directorate General Health Services, it ...
Shangla police accused of torturing man to death
Jun 18, 2020: A 52-year-old man in police custody, Said Ali Akbar Shah was allegedly tortured to death at police station Karora in Shangla district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday night. The man had been arrested with 110-gram ...
