Tag: suicide

BY XARI JALIL: The suicide rates in Sindh especially among the Scheduled Castes are at an alarmingly high rate. Our investigative report finds out the reasons why so many people in this community resort to killing themselves. The answers are grim.

By Xari Jalil: Bishop John Joseph committed suicide in 1998 protesting against the Blasphemy Law. He was remembered at an event in his commemoration. Data shows that at least 1,949 persons have suffered from false allegations from 1985 till December 2021

Hul 14, 2020: Although Sindh has seen an increase in suicides in the last few years, the real facts and motives behind these incidents often go undiscovered because of a lack of proper investigation. One such incident took place in Tando ...

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 ...

Child Labour: Government has decided to criminalise child domestic labor. Cabinet has approved MoHR's summary to amend the 1991 Child Employment Act. Shireen Mazari also said that Section 4 of the Act ...

2 Women & Minor Raped: Two women in the Islamabad Capital Territory were raped on separate occasions. In the first incident, a student from Azad Jammu and Kashmir had been lured by an online friend to his home in G-9/3 where ...

Accused To Be Produced After May: Punjab jail authorities notified sessions and accountability courts that under-trial accused prisoners cannot be produced in courts until after May 31 due to the pandemic situation on ...

Hearing On Military Court Cases: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) adjourned on Tuesday, May 12, 300 petitions against military court convictions of suspected militants till June 16 to allow the government time enough to ...

Women Blamed For Pandemic: Cleric Tariq Jameel terms “immodest” women a cause of the COVID-19 pandemic during the pre-Ramadan live telethon on April 23. As incidents of violence against women during lockdown hit a new high, Tariq Jamil’s ...

As it had been feared by many, the lockdown that had been imposed around the country in order to contain the spread of the deadly Coronavirus has ended up in worsening the economic woes of those who belong to the underprivileged segments of ...