Workers' Right
Coal-mining: When labour means death
BY ASIM AHMED KHAN: One of the biggest reasons for the hazardous conditions and the rising deaths of miners in Balochistan is the old and outdated mining system which has been here for over 100 years. Even today the 98-year-old Balochistan Mines Act 1923, is in force but even this is not fully implemented.
2022 year of political unrest & instability: HRCP annual report
The year 2022 was a year of political unrest and instability: the legislature and executive struggled with a crisis of credibility, and the judicial overreach, instead of solving ensuing constitutional and political crises, only made matters worse.
Call for BISP inclusion of coal miners’ widows
JI emir from Shangla has called on the government to include the widows of coal miners in income support schemes.
RUDA forcibly acquiring land despite SC order: HRW
According to a Human Rights Watch report published today, farmers face intimidation and criminal charges for challenging unconstitutional land seizures under Ravi Riverfront Project.
Rights Watch | 31 March 2023
Father and Husband Kill Young Wife in the Name of Honour
A young wife was killed by her husband and father-in-law in the name of...
Rights Watch | 2nd March 2023
Body of a Mutilated Girl Found in Sack in Haro River
The body of a woman was discovered in a sack and in a mutilated...
Rights Watch | 2 January 2023
6 lakh Dalits held in bonded labour in Sindh
Mirpurkhas: Approximately 600,000 Dalits in Sindh are suffering forced labor by landowners, according to the Scheduled...
Pakistani women health workers face 11% gender pay gap: report
Women in Pakistan's healthcare sector are paid 11 percent less than their male counterparts in monthly earnings, according to an ILO-WHO report.
ربڑ کے پائپ کے تشدد سے گھریلو ملازم ہلاک، پانچ افراد...
لاہور کے علاقے ڈیفنس میں مالکان کے تشدد سے ہلاک ہونے والے کم سن گھریلو ملازم کامران کی ہلاکت کے کیس میں پولیس نے پانچ افراد کو گرفتار کر لیا ہے. لڑکوں کا تعلق بہاولپور کے گاؤں سے ہے مگر ابھی تک پولیس کا ان کے گھر والوں سے رابطہ نہیں ہو پایا