The bad and the bad about Pakistan’s internet
Rights advocates say that Pakistan’s frequent state-instigated Internet shutdowns and slowdowns are nothing less than rights violations.
Friday, December 13, 2024
Gathering for justice
A Pashtun civil rights group successfully holds a massive jirga to tackle the community’s problems that range from land grabs...
Protection or pressure?
A new law on defamation in Pakistan’s most populous province has journalists and rights advocates seeing yet another move by...
State of Human Rights in 2023
This flagship annual report of the HRCP documents and assesses the human rights situation across Pakistan, tracking violations, trends and...
Collaborate or keep choking
Women have emerged as among the hardest hit by the worsening pollution in South Asia, but calls for cooperation particularly...
Pakistan receives final tranche of US$1.1 billion as part IMF loan program — central bank
Pakistan l Arab News Pakistan
IMF urges Pakistan to protect ‘most vulnerable’ sections of society
Pakistan l Pakistan Today
Pakistan top court seeks government response on ‘meddling’ by spy agencies in judicial affairs
Pakistan l Arab News Pakistan
IMF approves disbursement of US$1.1 billion loan tranche
Pakistan l The Express Tribune
Pakistan begins week-long campaign to vaccinate 24 million children against polio
Pakistan l Arab News Pakistan
Undocumented economy biggest challenge for Pakistan: Aurangzeb
Pakistan l Pakistan Today
Farmers’ outcry compels PM Shehbaz to hike wheat target
Pakistan l Dawn
Pakistani court rejects ‘malicious’ social media campaign against judge Babar Sattar
Pakistan l Arab News Pakistan
Pakistan says net-metering promotes ‘unhealthy investments’ in solar power
Pakistan l Arab News Pakistan
PM directs committee constitution to consult provinces on carbon credits policy
Pakistan l Pakistan Today
Demand for solar power rises in Pakistan as import glut crashes panel prices
Pakistan l Arab News Pakistan
Pakistan’s economic conditions improving, reforms and privatization on track — PM
Pakistan l Arab News Pakistan
Pakistan refiners, fuel station owners oppose price deregulation, fear business closures
Pakistan l Arab News Pakistan
PM, president vow to end malaria, leading cause of illness and death in Pakistan
Pakistan l Arab News Pakistan
Pakistan’s ‘horror zoo’ reborn as rehab centre for abused wildlife
Pakistan l The Straits Times
IMF board to finalise US$1.1b disbursement on Monday
Pakistan l The Express Tribune
Pakistan’s independent election monitor says by-poll irregularities overshadowed improved result management
Pakistan l Arab News Pakistan
Taking on a tech giant
After being targeted by Pegasus spyware, a Thai activist fights for justice even as a flawed legal system that dismissed...
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The narrowing way out
Fear of being recruited into the military is making more and more Myanmar youths to try going abroad, but the...
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A new generation of gender advocates
One of them is not even in her teens yet, but sisters Nandini and Yachika Jaglan are already following their...
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Struggling to weather through
In disaster-prone South Asia, a mental-health crisis is building up as people try to cope with the worsening impacts of...
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