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Call for a rational debate on death penalty

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October 10, 2022
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Death penalty

There is a need for a rational debate on the death penalty involving scholars, jurists, academia, civil society and human rights defenders and legislation on the scope of the President’s powers to grant pardons to resolve the ambiguities created by the rulings of the superior courts.

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Call for an end to GB’s constitutional deprivation

By thehighasia
June 8, 2022
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Judiciary, Politics
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HRCP mission to GB

The mission is especially alarmed by the apparent surge in suicide cases in various parts of GB, particularly in district Ghizer. A large number of these victims comprise women and the mission has reason to believe that some cases of honour killings have been labelled suicide and thus ‘forgotten

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Asma Jahangir moot organisers reject partisan claims

By thehighasia
November 28, 2021
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Asma Jahangir Conference

Herald Report Islamabad: The Asma Jahangir conference organisers have rejected claims that the event furthered any partisan agenda or violated the media-related laws by inviting a former prime minister to speak at the conference. Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmad addressed the opening day of the third Asma Jahangir Conference in Lahore on Nov 20, 2021. HAH Photo “The AJ …

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Adeeba murder case: plea filed in court for bail cancellation of accused

By thehighasia
August 18, 2021
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The government has filed a plea in a court for cancellation of bail of the prime accused in the Adeeba murder case amid protests in different parts of Gilgit-Baltistan and other cities seeking justice for the victim and an end to rising incidents of suicide and violence against women in the mountainous societies.

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Speakers vow to resist attacks on media, judiciary

By thehighasia
June 18, 2021
in :  Democracy, Human Rights, Judiciary, Media, Pakistan, Politics, Resistance
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Lawyers' moot

Leaders of lawyers' and media bodies, human rights defenders, and parliamentarians Thursday vowed to resist increasing assault on judiciary and media.

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Bargain: NAB court accepts Salim Khan’s plea

By thehighasia
December 9, 2020
in :  Economy, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Hunza, Judiciary, Latest, Legal, Pakistan, People, Politics, Slider
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High Asia Report GILGIT:  An accountability court on Tuesday accepted the plea bargain application of Salim Khan, a former member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, to pay Rs51 million he had embezzled in the Sost Dry Port scam. Justice Khurshid Ahmed of the Accountability Court Gilgit approved the plea bargain on the recommendation of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) regional office. …

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Hunza: four more prisoners of conscience freed

By thehighasia
November 20, 2020
in :  Crime, Disaster, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, Governance, Human Rights, Hunza, Judiciary, Law, Legal, Pakistan
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GILGIT: Four more prisoners were released from Damas jail in Ghizer District on Friday. According to a notification issued by the Home Department of Gilgit-Baltistan, the authorities have issued release order of Aleemuallah Khan, Musa Khan, Irfan Ali and Shukrullah Baig. Notification of the Provincial Government/Home department for the release of the four prisoners The interim government/home department with the …

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Free Baba Jan slogan echoes across GB, Pakistan

By thehighasia
October 10, 2020
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By Amir Roshan A massive protest joined by mourners on the occasion of Chehlum of the martyrs of Karbala at Aliabad Hunza on October 8. Photo by Ali Ahmed As sit-in and protest rallies for the release of Awami Workers Party (AWP) leaders Baba Jan, Aleemullah Balkhan, Iftikhar Karbalai, and 11 other imprisoned youth continue, more people pour into Aliabad …

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Matiullah Jan returns home amid massive support on social media

By thehighasia
July 21, 2020
in :  Crime, Human Rights, Islamabad, Judiciary, Latest, Latest News, Media, News, Pakistan, People, Slider
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Noted journalist Matiullah Jan returns home nearly 12 hours after he was abducted from Sector G-6, a highly secured locality of Islamabad in broad daylight.

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Iranian journalist sentenced to death for role in protests

By thehighasia
June 30, 2020
in :  extremism, Human Rights, Iran, Judiciary, Latest, Media, Politics, Resistance, Slider
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Ruhollah Zam, an Iranian journalist and activist whose online work helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017, has been sentenced to death for his actions following what Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called a “grossly unfair” trial. A Revolutionary Court “considered that the 13 charges [against Zam] were the equivalent of the charge of spreading ‘corruption on earth’ and therefore passed the death …

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SC quashes reference against Justice Isa

By thehighasia
June 19, 2020
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Herald Report Islamabad: Pakistan’s top court on Friday threw out the presidential reference against senior judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa in a case that was widely seen as pitting the country’s judiciary against its government and powerful armed forces. “[The reference] is declared to be of no legal effect whatsoever and stands quashed,” read the majority (9-1) short verdict on …

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Civil society condemns Farogh Nasim’s misogynist remarks

By thehighasia
June 14, 2020
in :  Human Rights, Judiciary, Latest, Legal, Pakistan, People, Slider, Women
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Herald Report Activists of women’s and human rights organisations have condemned misogynist, sexist and provocative rants of government’s top lawyer and sought an unconditional apology from him. In a joint statement, activists of women’s rights, literary, cultural, youth, and legal groups, academia, have expressed outraged and condemned the highly derogatory, inflammatory, sexist, and misogynist remarks made the other day by …

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NAB arrests proclaimed offender in Nagar

By thehighasia
May 4, 2020
in :  Crime, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Judiciary, Latest, Legal, Nagar, Slider
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Anwar Hussain was facing a corruption reference in an accountability court      Herald Correspondent GILGIT: Officials of the anti-graft watchdog have arrested a court absconder in Gilgit-Baltistan on charges of corruption. According to a press statement issued by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), its officials have arrested Anwar Hussain from Nilt, Nagar. He was presented before a judge of …

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Polls: SC puts Gilgit-Baltistan govt on notice

By thehighasia
April 29, 2020
in :  Democracy, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, History, Judiciary, Kashmir, Latest, Lockdown, News, Pandemic, Parliament, People, Politics, Slider, Society, South Asia
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Development agenda for GB

Herald Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday put on notice the advocate general and government of Gilgit-Baltistan on a petition filed by the Federal government seeking an amendment to the election laws to hold polls in the region. The seven-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, issued notice to the GB government and its top counsel for Thursday to …

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Sacred savagery

By thehighasia
April 13, 2020
in :  extremism, Human Rights, Judiciary, Obituary, Pakistan, People, Politics, Religion, Slider, Terrorism
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Ismat Shahjehan, president Women Democratic Front holding Mashal Khan’s portrait and other activists at the Student Solidarity March at Islamabad on Friday.–Photo by PrSF by Waseem Altaf   Mashal Khan was my friend on Facebook and would often ask me to recommend him books for reading. He was lynched to death by a group of religious fanatics on this day …

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Tracking 3 decades of dramatic glacial lake growth

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using a 30-year satellite data record have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. Courtest: NASA/National Geographic

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