Islamabad, May 6 (IANS) The rapid rise of HIV cases in Pakistan is not a slow-burning public health concern but a system failure unfolding in real time. Children and low-risk individuals are infected with HIV not due to behaviour but through the healthcare system meant to protect them, a report has detailed. Two converging failures are behind this trajectory, an editorial in Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn mentioned.”The first is the collapse of basic infection control across large parts of our he…
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Islamabad, May 5 (IANS) Press freedom in Pakistan is going through a tough phase as lawfare, enforced disappearances, online campaigns, harassment, and harsh financial tactics are being used against those trying to express opinions that are considered unfavourable to the power wielders, a recent report has stated. Social media has become a powerful medium to express views, empowering ordinary citizens in Pakistan. With access to the internet and increasing literacy, people are taking on the role…
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) Media in Pakistan has been facing legal pressure, physical violence, digital harassment and financial coercion, according to the gist of a recent report released by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) ahead of World Press Freedom Day 2026. The report documented at least 233 incidents of journalists being targeted between January 2025 and April 2026, which included 67 assaults, 67 criminal complaints, 11 arrests, 11 detentions and three kidnappings, local media reported. “…
Islamabad, May 1 (IANS) The killing of nine suspects by Punjab province’s Crime Control Department in Lahore, Sahiwal and Toba Tek Singh follows a same pattern, where armed suspects allegedly open fire, police return it and suspects are found dead while accomplices escape into darkness. The almost same narrative in all incidents raises questions about the effectiveness of the criminal justice system in Pakistan, a report has stated. These deaths occurred just months after a Human Rights Commissi…
Islamabad, May 1 (IANS) The 26th and 27th Amendments have “ended” the concept of constitutional supremacy in Pakistan with the creation of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) being seen by many as the formation of a parallel judicial body to end the constitutional jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, local media reckons. After the passage of the 26th and 27th Amendments in 2024 and 2025 respectively, jurists and members of the legal community in Pakistan have discussed how these changes have im…
Islamabad, April 30 (IANS) Human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, on Thursday filed a petition in Pakistan’s Supreme Court, requesting an early hearing of their appeals against their conviction under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) in the social media posts case, local media reported. In the application filed in the Supreme Court, Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha have requested the grant of leave to appeal against the Islama…
Islamabad, April 29 (IANS) At least 71 children have died due to measles in Pakistan in 2026 even as the government is holding awareness campaigns to improve healthcare literacy and vaccine knowledge during the ongoing World Immunisation Week, a report has stated. As predicted in 2025, lower vaccination rates have affected international community’s efforts to stop spread of preventable diseases. Measles is a highly contagious viral disease and remains an important cause of death among young chil…
Islamabad, April 29 (IANS) Highlighting that Pakistan faced losses due to the restrictions imposed in Islamabad last week as the local authorities hoped that dignitaries would arrive for the Iran-US talks which eventually did not take place, several experts reckon that the country must focus on its own problems which have increased due to the US-Iran war instead of government showing unity and speed on global issues. “As Iran-US talks hit another snag, we must ask if a state with its own problem…
Islamabad, April 29 (IANS) A new United Nations-report has named Pakistan among 10 nations where acute food insecurity is concentrated. The concentration of food insecurity in Pakistan is due to deep-rooted weaknesses in the country’s agriculture sector, rocked by repeated climate shocks and continuous economic fragility, a report has stated. The Global Report on Food Crisis showcases that food insecurity in Pakistan is chronic rather than temporary or cyclical. However, as per the report, fewer…
Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) A Global Fund (GF) team is expected to visit Islamabad soon to examine the situation amid rising number of HIV cases in Pakistan, local media reported. The visit has become extremely significant after more than 300 HIV cases in children were reported due to the reuse of syringes In Taunsa and 618 new cases were reported in Islamabad between January 2025 and March 2026, Pakistan’s leading daily, Dawn reported.The report quoted a senior Pakistani health ministry official…