Pakistan Human Rights Violations

On 27th March 1948, when several nations in South Asia were enjoying their status of freedom, one nation was being colonised again. Balochistan declared its independence on 11th August 1947 …

The “forced confession” from Mahal Baloch – the alleged would-be suicide bomber according to Pakistan, has raised a global storm. In the latest, Amnesty South Asia has urged people across …

Four UN Special Rapporteurs on human rights have asked Pakistan to investigate the death of former senator Usman Kakar and an alleged “Kill List” of individuals to be eliminated. The …

On the International Women’s Day, as the Islamabad Police was beating up women’s groups at the Aurat March for celebrating the global day of women’s rights, Pakistani social media handles …

Police in Pakistani capital Islamabad erected barbed wires and launched a baton charge to stop women from taking out the Aurat March on the International women’s Day (IWD). Aurat March …

A scathing report by the Washington-based MEMRI pins down Pakistan for the abductions of Baloch women. In a report released on Monday, MEMRI says that the Baloch women are “arrested …

Tensions are building up between Afghanistan and Pakistan over the harsh treatment being meted out to Afghan refugees recently. Pakistan is reportedly detaining Afghans who hold official UNHCR refugee status …

The triple murder case of a woman and her two sons in Barkhan, Balchistan, threw up a twist after the police found the allegedly murdered woman alive and rescued her …

Pakistan’s alienated province Balochistan has erupted once again after three bodies, a woman and her two sons, were found in a well in Barkhan area. Hundreds of people from the …

The calls for the release of Mahal Baloch, abducted by Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), have grown louder. Pakistan has alleged that Mahal was a would-be suicide bomber of the …

Pakistan has been asked by a number of UN members including India to stop enforced disappearances and the persecution of minorities at a high level UN meet on Monday. India …

There is an upsurge of videos by Baloch activists on Twitter. Most of the visuals—videos and photos—are about women carrying out rallies, protests and marches. Many show women staging sit-ins …

Tens of thousands of protestors have blocked roads leading to the Gwadar port being built by China in Pakistan’s south-western province of Balochistan. The blockade started after the government breached …

Barrick Gold Corporation, which signed a deal with the Imran Khan government in March this year to develop the world’s largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits in Reko Diq mines in Balochistan, …

Even as the Pakistan government is pretending that nothing happened at the Nishtar Hospital in Multan, where hundreds of rotting bodies were discovered on Friday, more criticism is coming its …

The discovery of nearly 200 rotting bodies on the roof of Nishtar hospital in Pakistan’s Punjab on Friday continues to baffle. Though the hospital maintains these bodies were meant for …

Geneva, other than being a beautiful city, is the mecca of human rights activists . The UN holds three sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) namely in …

Baloch separatist group, the Baloch National Movement (BNM) has appealed to the UN to send a fact-finding mission to Balochistan and investigate the large-scale human rights violations taking place in …

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to New York will coincide with Sindhi groups holding protests, including a week-long hunger strike, in front of the UN headquarters. The Sindhi diaspora …

<p> On Tuesday, the president of the Baloch American Congress (BAC), Tara Chand, held a virtual meeting with US Congressman Greg Steube seeking support for Balochistan—Pakistan's largest province fighting for …