NEW YORK: Demanding an immediate, independent, and transparent investigation into the torture allegations by PTI leader Shahbaz Gill, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday urged Pakistan to legislate and make torture a crime. The global rights body mentioned the claims of PTI alleging torture ...

Amnesty International's former India chief said Wednesday he was stopped from flying to the United States because of government legal action against the human rights watchdog. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration has long been accused of trying to silence critics, and activists say they ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s “move to dissolve the Parliament rather than face a no-confidence” and said that the action “effectively deprives Pakistani citizens of their right to choose their government”. The watchdog said that the “move has plunged ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan link on Thursday threatened to expel link the US, German and eight other Western link ambassadors after they issued a rare joint statement in support of a jailed civil society leader. Parisian-born philanthropist and activist Osman Kavala, 64, has been ...

NEW YORK – Pakistan’s first visually impaired diplomat, Saima Saleem, hits back at India over its claim at the United Nations that occupied Kashmir is its integral part. In her speech at the world forum, Saima used Braille as her means to chide the neighboring country over its false claims at ...

Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Monday asked India to avoid putting the region's peace at stake while backing a section of Afghanistan who is involved in baseless allegations against Pakistan In a statement, the foreign minister said: “We want India not to play the role of a ...

WASHINGTON – After more than 11 Palestinians, including 35 children, were killed in airstrikes by terrorist Israel, Palestinian American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib asked “how many Palestinians have to die for their lives to matter?” She along with several other progressive Democrats, spoke ...

*India has been downgraded from ‘Free’ to Partially Free’ in the annual report published by Freedom House, a Washington-based pro-democracy think tank and human rights watchdog.* Published this week, the latest report marks the 4th consecutive year of democratic backsliding under the Modi ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has hoped that all parties in Myanmar will exercise restraint, uphold the rule of law, engage constructively and work towards a peaceful outcome. Commenting on the situation in Myanmar, Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said they are closely following the ...

SRINAGAR - In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), the Indian troops during cordon and search operations and house raids have arrested over half a dozen Kashmiri youth in south Kashmir districts. According to the KMS, the troops arrested Imran Ahmed, Irfan Ahmed, Bilal Ahmed, ...