Tag: Human rights
‘Increasing Islamophobia’: FO rejects US religious freedom report
News Desk | Pakistan has brushed aside US state department statement on religious freedom report saying Pakistan is discharging its obligations about protection of minorities...
US scraps UN meeting on North Korea human rights
AFP | The United States has dropped a bid to hold a UN Security Council meeting on North Korea's human rights record after failing to...
New Cold War? Top Huawei executive detained in Canada
AFP | A top executive and daughter of the founder of Chinese telecom giant Huawei has been arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the...
Israel in first Syria strikes since air defence upgrade
AFP | Israeli bombs have hit several positions south of Damascus, its first such strikes since Syrian air defences were upgraded following the accidental downing...
Shahid Afridi: A cricketer, philanthropist or politician?
News Desk | The former cricketer Shahid Khan Afridi's latest statement on the Kashmir issue has induced a public uproar in Pakistan. On Wednesday a...
‘Fiercest’ shellfire yet around Syria truce zone: monitor
AFP | Rebels and jihadists traded fire with government forces in northern Syria overnight, their "fiercest" exchanges since a buffer zone deal was announced for...
Aid groups worried as deadline looms for Syria’s Idlib
AFP | Aid agencies on Friday warned of dire humanitarian consequences if a Russia-Turkey deal to avert a regime assault on Syria's last major rebel...
US-Saudi Ties:Trump demands Saudis explain missing journalist
AFP | US President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded that Saudi Arabia provide answers over the disappearance of journalist and US resident Jamal Khashoggi, whom...
China tells Pompeo US must stop ‘misguided actions’
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faced a testy exchange with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Monday, days after a blistering US...
Saudi prince’s image seen at risk over missing critic
AFP | The disappearance of a prominent critic of Saudi Arabia's rulers after entering the kingdom's Istanbul consulate risks severely tarnishing the reformist image of its...
An overview of Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s U.S visit
News Analysis | Shah Mahmood Qureshi, while talking at the press conference held at Pakistan’s Embassy in Washington, said that he has made Americans believe...
India’s Saffron Justice: The Rise of the Hindutva State under BJP...
Sarmad Ishfaq | Although it appears that Pakistan is perpetually portrayed as a hotbed for violence against minorities, it is ironically India that fits this...
“Feeling the Pain”: Indian Army Chief threatens Pakistan
News Analysis | After the cancellation of the Pak-Indian FM meeting at the UNGA by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration, the Indian army chief Bipin...
Russia says no Syria assault as Putin, Erdogan agree Idlib plan
AFP | Moscow said Monday there would be no assault on Syria's Idlib as the leaders of Russia and Turkey agreed to create a demilitarised...
Spain works to avoid row with Saudi Arabia over bomb deal
AFP | After blocking the sale of 400 bombs to Saudi Arabia, involved in the Yemen conflict, Spain now appears to be back-pedaling to maintain...
Russia strikes, rebel shelling around Syria’s Idlib as powerbrokers meet
AFP | Russian air strikes killed five people in Syria's Idlib Friday, a monitor said, even as the brutal war's top three power brokers discussed...
Human Rights Watch has declared veil ban in Denmark as “latest...
News Analysis | On 1st August 2018, Denmark faced the backlash from thousands of women protestors who took to the streets in order to express...
Syria says Israeli strikes target air base
AFP | Syria on Sunday accused Israel of targeting an air base in the central Homs province, saying its defences hit a jet involved in...
Human rights Win for Pakistan: Convicted prisoners to Vote in 2018...
News Desk | Central Jail Rawalpindi is receiving multiple applications, as many as 111, by its prisoners to exercise their fundamental right to vote via...
Kashmir: India’s Human Rights violations from “pellet guns” to “Killer gangs”?
Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The situation in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) has been dreadful for three decades. The Indian intelligence agencies have been running...
Natalie Portman refuses to attend Jewish Prize Ceremony over Netanyahu
AFP | Hollywood actress Natalie Portman said she was backing out of a Jerusalem ceremony where she was to receive a $2 million prize to...
Syria ‘chemical attack’: What you need to know
AFP | An alleged chemical attack in Syria's rebel-held Douma has sparked international outrage, with Washington warning Sunday of possible military action, while Damascus and...
All is not well in Xi’s China
News Analysis | On Wednesday April 4, 2018; wife of a detained Chinese lawyer, Wang Quanzhang, who took on sensitive cases of complaints of police...
Asma Jahangir: Pakistan’s human rights warrior
News Desk | The Guardian noted “she has championed battered wives, rescued teenagers from death row, defended people accused of blasphemy and sought justice for...
Democrats: We are Defined by what we Defend
Saeed Afridi | Democracy is a complex and much misunderstood entity in countries with a history of authoritarian rule. Transition from authoritarianism can suffer distortions...
#MeToo throws new spotlight on International Women’s Day
AFP | As the world marks International Women's Day this week, it remains to be seen whether campaigns such as #MeToo and #Timesup can really...
Aid convoy quits Syria enclave as regime presses onslaught
AFP | An international convoy has cut short its mission to Syria's rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta after delivering desperately needed aid as the regime...
Arguments aren’t bad for you, if you know how to disagree
Dr. Jeff DeGraff | Conflict is everywhere. On social media and late night television, e see never-ending arguments about politics, religion, or generational gaps. What...
Asma Jehangir: Remembered fondly by most but not by all
News Desk | Asma Jehangir, a senior lawyer, and a leading human rights activist passed away in Lahore at the age of 66 after suffering...
UN Secretary General pays tribute to Asma Jahangir
AFP | The United Nations Secretary-General has paid tribute to Pakistan's "human rights giant" Asma Jahangir following her death by cardiac arrest at the weekend,...
Dozens killed as fierce fighting in northwest Syria continues
AFP | Intense fighting killed dozens of people on the edge of the last Syrian province entirely outside government control as aid workers completed a...
Yazidi fighters execute 52 civilians in Iraq: Human Rights Watch
AFP | Fighters from Iraq's Yazidi community, brutally targeted by the Islamic State group, executed 52 civilians in apparent revenge killings after capturing territory from...
Pakistani Disability Movement disassociates themselves from Muniba Mazari
News Desk | The Disability Movement has called off their support of Muniba Mazari in the wake of the allegations against her. The human rights...
Muniba Mazari offers an explanation for viral video praising ex-husband
News Desk | Muniba Mazari was recently criticized for twisting the facts of her marital split time and again in her earlier interviews after a...
US military targets Taliban by starting new air attack campaign in...
AFP | As the US military opens a new front in its air war in Afghanistan, targeting the Taliban's poppy-processing factories and dropping thousands of...
Islamabad sit-in: Will the state surrender?
News Analysis | The question about the role of religion in public life in Pakistan has always been there. Some favored an Islamic society, some...
