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December 03, 2021
‘Beaten To Death And Burnt:’ Blasphemy Allegations Claim New Victim In Pakistan

A mob in Pakistan has beaten a man to death and burned his body over allegations of blasphemy -- an explosive issue in the Muslim-majority country where even unproven allegations can stir up violence and large protests.

December 01, 2021
Watchdog Blasts Pakistan's 'Pointless' New Law Aimed At Protecting Journalists

An international media rights watchdog has criticized an “extremely vague” provision in a new Pakistani law that supposedly protects journalists, saying it was “tantamount to censorship and intimidation.”
November 30, 2021
Pakistani Lawmaker Wazir Still In Jail Despite Being Granted Bail

Pakistan's top court has granted bail to a lawmaker from the restive tribal belt who was arrested nearly a year ago on sedition charges he denies.
November 30, 2021
Pakistan Offers To Host OIC Ministerial Meeting On Afghanistan's Humanitarian Crisis

Pakistan has proposed to host the foreign ministers of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) next month to discuss the “serious humanitarian situation” in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in mid-August.
November 29, 2021
Mob Targets Pakistani Police After Alleged Koran Desecration

Police in the city of Charsadda in northern Pakistan say the situation remained tense on November 29, two days after hundreds of angry protesters ransacked and burned a police station and several checkpoints. The crowd demanded that police hand over a man who had allegedly burned a Koran.
November 29, 2021
Pakistan Police Station Set Ablaze Over Alleged Koran Desecration

Police in northwestern Pakistan say hundreds of people demanding that officers hand over a man accused of burning the Koran have mobbed a police station, setting fire to it and six nearby checkposts.
November 26, 2021
Italy Gives Safe Haven To National Geographic 'Afghan Girl'

Sharbat Gula, better known as the green-eyed Afghan Girl on the 1985 cover of National Geographic, has been evacuated to Italy, the Italian government said.
November 25, 2021
Wife Of Detained Pakistani Lawmaker Opens Up On 'Utterly Cruel' Ordeal

Ali Wazir, a Pakistani lawmaker and a leader of a civil rights group, was arrested almost a year ago on sedition charges. As Wazir languishes in a cell awaiting trial, his wife opens up on her family’s ordeal.
November 22, 2021
Pakistani PM Signs Off On Afghan-Assistance Package

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved a nearly $30 million assistance package aimed at helping Afghanistan deal with a deteriorating humanitarian crisis.
November 22, 2021
Pakistan Urged To End ‘Abhorrent’ Practice Of Enforced Disappearance

Amnesty International is urging Pakistani authorities to end their use of enforced disappearance, saying such an “abhorrent” practice not only violates the rights of those who vanished but also has a “devastating” impact on their families.
November 20, 2021
Czech Model Freed From Pakistani Prison After Drug-Trafficking Acquittal

A Czech model sentenced in 2019 to more than eight years in a Pakistani prison for drug trafficking was released following her acquittal earlier this month.
November 18, 2021
Pakistan Frees Jailed Radical Islamist Leader Rizvi

Pakistani authorities have released the jailed leader of a radical Islamist party who was behind protests that triggered deadly clashes with police.

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Pakistan

Friday 3 December 2021

‘Beaten To Death And Burnt:’ Blasphemy Allegations Claim New Victim In Pakistan

Watchdog Blasts Pakistan's 'Pointless' New Law Aimed At Protecting Journalists

Pakistani Lawmaker Wazir Still In Jail Despite Being Granted Bail

Pakistan Offers To Host OIC Ministerial Meeting On Afghanistan's Humanitarian Crisis

Mob Targets Pakistani Police After Alleged Koran Desecration

Pakistan Police Station Set Ablaze Over Alleged Koran Desecration

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Friday 3 December 2021

‘Beaten To Death And Burnt:’ Blasphemy Allegations Claim New Victim In Pakistan

Watchdog Blasts Pakistan's 'Pointless' New Law Aimed At Protecting Journalists

Pakistani Lawmaker Wazir Still In Jail Despite Being Granted Bail

Pakistan Offers To Host OIC Ministerial Meeting On Afghanistan's Humanitarian Crisis

Mob Targets Pakistani Police After Alleged Koran Desecration

Pakistan Police Station Set Ablaze Over Alleged Koran Desecration

Italy Gives Safe Haven To National Geographic 'Afghan Girl'

Wife Of Detained Pakistani Lawmaker Opens Up On 'Utterly Cruel' Ordeal

Pakistani PM Signs Off On Afghan-Assistance Package

Pakistan Urged To End ‘Abhorrent’ Practice Of Enforced Disappearance

Czech Model Freed From Pakistani Prison After Drug-Trafficking Acquittal

Pakistan Frees Jailed Radical Islamist Leader Rizvi

Top Trending

'Afghanistan Is Hell': Supporters Of Late Afghan General Claim Taliban Killings, Persecution

Border Clash Between Taliban, Pakistani Military Leaves One Dead

'Everyone Is Anxious': Pakistan's Mass Arrests Of Afghan Refugees Fuel Fear Of New Crackdown

Taliban Takes Lamb Testicles Off The Menu As Bigger Issues Loom

'Beaten And Humiliated': Taliban Cracks Down On Afghan Universities In Bid To Curb Women's Protests

Khan Cancels March To Islamabad, Ends Demand For Early Elections, But Vows To Fight On

Banned From Public Parks And Bathhouses, Afghan Women Say Life Under Taliban Is Like A 'Prison'

At Least Nine Reportedly Killed In Taliban Attack On Village In Ethnic Hazara Province

Taliban Claims To Have Eliminated Islamic State Hideout In Kabul

'They Torture And Kill Us': Gay Afghan Men Fear For Lives Under The Taliban

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Taliban's Treatment Of Women May Be Crime Against Humanity, UN Experts Say

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