Pakistani security forces have detained and forcibly expelled a prominent ethnic Pashtun rights activist, Sanna Ejaz, from the restive province of Balochistan.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is urging Pakistan's government to “disown” a "hate and defamation campaign" against two British media outlets and to prosecute those who have threatened their journalists.
Three Pakistani soldiers were killed on January 14 in an exchange of fire with militants in the country's North Waziristan tribal district near the Afghan border, the military said in a statement.
Regional authorities in northwestern Pakistan say they have sacked or suspended dozens of police officials for failing to protect a century-old Hindu shrine from a mob attack last month.
Thousands of Pakistani doctorate degree holders are unemployed amid an economic slump in their country. Their prospects appear dim as Pakistani universities struggle to implement a tenure-track system.
Around 200 demonstrators participated in the second day of a sit-in in the Mir Ali area on January 13, complaining that the whereabouts of the four locals and their status are still unknown nearly a month after they were picked up by the military.
Four human rights organizations are calling for immediate humanitarian support for nearly 2,500 refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers who remain without basic shelter in dire winter conditions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as "durable solutions" to meet the needs of people transiting the country.
HRW is calling on Biden to reinforce the commitment of the U.S. to human rights after four years of shirking it during Trump’s presidency, and to join broad coalitions that have emerged to stand up to "powerful actors" such as Russia and China that have been undermining the global rights system.
Pakistan is concluding its phase three human trials of a Chinese company’s coronavirus vaccine. Health officials say the test of CanSinoBio’s vaccine are nearly complete and show promise. Pakistan is one of seven countries testing the Chinese vaccine. VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem reports from Islamabad.
An influential Afghan Shi'ite leader is visiting Pakistan, where members of the minority sect are still reeling from the brutal killing of 11 Shi'ite coal miners, nine of whom were Afghan immigrants, earlier this month.
Hundreds of federal government employees rallied in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, to call for an increase in their salaries in line with the rate of inflation. Employees marched through the city on January 12, criticizing the government for not keeping inflation under control.
Pakistani officials say a police officer has been killed as he was escorting a vaccination team in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -- the latest attack against health workers taking part in a campaign to eradicate polio.
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