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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: A young woman stoned to death for having a cell phone after ruling by a Panchayat Arifa, a mother of two, has been stoned to death on the… Continue Reading →
Such a reinstatement of capital punishment is rare, with about 150 countries having already either abolished the death penalty or stopped administering it Reuters Islamabad: Pakistan‘s new government, striving to appear determined to rein in escalating crime and militancy, has… Continue Reading →
Life partner of my first friend from Pakistan is no more As I opened the Facebook page of Aisha Gazdar to share Neela Bhagwat’ s classical rendition of Faiz poem, “Bol” As her page slowly opened, I wondered why She… Continue Reading →
Coming from a politician or bureaucrat, it wouldn’t have been surprising. But it was unexpected from the Vice Chancellor of Faisalabad University of Agriculture when he claimed that GMOs would “bring about a new green revolution based on biotechnology, precision… Continue Reading →
AP Quetta, June 15, 2013 A Pakistani police chief says a bomb planted on a bus for a women’s university has killed 11 female students on Saturday, in Quetta city of southwest Pakistan. Mir Zubair Mahmood says the Saturday blast in… Continue Reading →
Farooq Sulehria Tuesday, June 11, 2013 On January 6, I nervously landed at the Delhi airport. I say nervously because I wasn’t there as a tourist. I had gone to India as a researcher – to spend six months conducting… Continue Reading →
PAKISTAN TODAY ISMAIL DILAWARWednesday, 5 Jun 2013 karachi – The judges and lawyers of the Supreme Court of India (SCI) are keen to invite Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhri to their country before his retirement this year in December. They… Continue Reading →
By Amar Guriro KARACHI: Dalits or co-called lower caste Hindus – comprising 90 percent of Pakistan‘s religious minorities – are the most underprivileged, with lowest access to education, said a study conducted by Pakistan Hindu Seva (Welfare Trust). The… Continue Reading →
JOIN the GLOBAL DAY of ACTION on McDONALD’S on 6th June, 2013 at 6PM at McDonald’s in the C.P. (B-24, Inner Circle, Opposite gate No. 2 of Rajiv Chowk Metro Station) Dear friends, As many as 47 unions, labor federations,… Continue Reading →