Islamabad, Jan 31 (IANS) While Pakistan’s constitution guarantees equality and protection for religious minorities, the reality reflects “repeated betrayal”. For Pakistani minorities, true reform goes beyond rhetoric, requiring independent investigations, prompt enforcement of court orders, accountability for biased officials, and protection against exploitation of blasphemy laws or mob violence, a report said on Saturday. “Gurvinder Singh, a Sikh businessman from Peshawar, highlights a troubl…
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London, Jan 28 (IANS) Violence against the transgender community has surged in Pakistan, a report stated on Wednesday while highlighting the recent attack on Bindiya Rana. Rana was attacked at her home while she was having tea with Zehrish Khanzadi, another trans woman who works for the Gender Alliance Interactive (GIA), an organisation that advocates for transgender rights.”Within seconds of Rana unlocking the door remotely from the kitchen, three shots rang out. The men fled and she narrowly e…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Tens of thousands of residents have streamed out of Tirah Valley in northwestern Pakistan in recent days, cramming into overloaded vehicles and enduring gruelling journeys amid bitter cold, all to escape an impending army operation targeting the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants who dominate the strategic border region near Afghanistan, media reports said.According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Pakistani military imposed a January 25 deadline for the ev…
Kabul, Jan 18 (IANS) Taliban has said that the problems faced by Afghan refugees in Pakistan are rising and stressed that Pakistani government should respect refugee rights and stop arresting and harassing Afghan migrants, local media reported on Sunday. “Unfortunately, problems faced by Afghan refugees in Pakistan are increasing, with arrests, harassment, and mistreatment by Pakistani officials on the rise, leaving refugees in serious difficulty,” Pajhwok Afghan News quoted Taliban deputy spoke…
Islamabad, Jan 7 (IANS) At least five people were killed, and 24 others were injured after a passenger bus fell into a ravine near Talagang in Pakistan’s Punjab on Wednesday, local media reported, citing Rescue 1122. The accident took place on Wednesday at around 2:15 am (local time), according to rescue officials.Chakwal Rescue 1122 spokesperson Qazi Muhammad Akram said the passenger bus was heading from Rawalpindi to Bahawalpur, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported.He stated that the driver …
Quetta, Dec 24 (IANS) A portion of the railway track was damaged after a bomb planted on the track exploded near Dera Murad Jamali in Pakistan’s Balochistan, while police defused another explosive device, local media reported on Wednesday. Police said miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device (IED) on the main railway track near the Notal area of Nasirabad district. The device exploded before the Jaffar Express heading from Peshawar to Quetta reached the site on Tuesday, Pakistan’s l…
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers are holding rallies in various parts of the country, in protest against the court’s verdict sentencing PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi for 17 years imprisonment in the Toshakhana-II case, the local media reported on Monday. On Sunday, the protesters gathered on the main GT Road outside the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly building in Peshawar on and shouted slogans in favour of the PTI founder. During the protest, Member …