Enforced disappearances has become pervasive in Pakistan. The use of enforced disappearances as a tool by security agencies to silence dissent, particularly political activists, journalists, students, and even children in Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh provinces has increased alarmingly.

One of the reasons why harassment is so pervasive in our society is that it is often normalized and overlooked. We need to change this attitude and recognize that harassment is unacceptable, no matter what form it takes. We must encourage victims to speak up and report incidents of harassment, and we must hold perpetrators accountable for their actions.

Around 25 women marched through a residential area in the Afghan capital on Saturday ahead of a summit in Doha.

Over the past few months, Pakistan’s dire economic situation has garnered considerable attention in the political, media and intellectual mainstream. Back-breaking inflation, record unemployment and a plunging rupee have been accompanied by desperation to acquire more loans from external creditors, most notably the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Even now the country stands perilously close to default. The current government insists …

By News desk Various Pakistani universities have signed cooperative agreements with leading Turkish universities during their visit to Istanbul for the exchange of students and faculty to boost academic collaboration.  According to a statement, the agreements were signed under the auspices of the Association of Private Sector Universities Pakistan (APSUP). The agreements were signed by Istanbul Aydin Universty and Yeditepe …

A PTI supporter scuffles with a police officer. Dawn The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a landmark decision on Friday disqualified ousted prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case and barred him from holding public office. The ECP in a unanimous decision found Khan guilty of “corrupt practices” and disqualified him from being a member of parliament. The …

The programme has reached 130,000 students and 3,094 teachers across 28 districts of the country providing them with a collection of accessible learning modules that help people think critically and share online thoughtfully, as well as empowering them with the skills needed to be informed and safe online.

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.

The senior journalist and TV commentator said the PML-N could have governor’s rule imposed in Punjab. He said this is what he foresaw coming, sooner or later The Friday Times (TFT) editor Najam Sethi said on Friday that no more ‘audio leaks’ on the governing coalition will follow since Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s man on the dark web …

Participants of an awareness session demand a new legal framework for digital and electronic media journalists and workers and; updating of existing laws for print media.

After record temperatures and drought, swaths of Pakistan lie submerged, symptoms of a climate crisis its people play little part in.

Senator Farhatullah Babar says a new instrument of law to redefine the mandate of ISI and to bring the intelligence agencies under the ambit of the constitution to tackle the issue.

It should also provide guarantees that those deprived of liberty are kept at a fully authorized place of detention, provide protection to victims, their families and witnesses and also compensation to them.

The scale, scope and spread of the 2022 floods have surpassed the super floods of 2010. The monsoon rains have created unprecedented havoc in all regions of the country stretching from Gilgit-Baltistan and KP to Sindh, southern Punjab and Balochistan.

By Ziauddin Ali Shah As Pakistan commemorates the 75th Independence Day, it is important to reflect upon the achievements, failures, developments and issues in Gilgit-Baltistan from different perspectives and see how, as a nation, we have reached this adversity. The region, administered by Pakistan, is home to the three largest mountain ranges and massif of snow-clad lofty peaks, scenic pastures, …

News Desk Three senior commanders of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been killed reportedly in a blast in southeastern Afghanistan, dealing a heavy blow to the militant group, wrote Daud Khattak, the Managing Editor of Radio Mashaal on Sunday (Aug 7). One of the commanders was Abdul Wali alias Omar Khalid Khorasani, who was considered to have been one of …