2,093 human rights violation cases registered in Sindh in one year
KARACHI: As many as 2,093 cases of human rights violations were reported to the police between Jan 31, 2019 and Jan 31, 2020 and 2,115 suspects were arrested, police data…
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Kashmir journalists accuse Indian police of muzzling press
NEW DELHI—Journalists in disputed Kashmir urged the Indian government on Monday to allow them to report freely and expressed concern about alleged police harassment since the region’s semi-autonomy was rescinded…
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Law minister, lawyer’s leader oppose NA resolution on public hanging
ISLAMABAD: Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem on Saturday opposed the resolution adopted in the National Assembly suggesting exemplary punishment of public hanging for people convicted of sexually abusing and killing children. “Public…
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‘No improvement in system can be expected without free media’
Attempts to keep media under the state control will harm democracy. The current state of journalism in Pakistan is not praiseworthy as on the one hand, there is severe censorship…
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The furious case of Twitter ‘violations
KARACHI: The opponents of critical speech have found a new method of silencing expression online — this time in Twitter’s rules enforcement policies. On Feb 23 2018, feminist group Women’s…
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SHC restrains Jami from issuing defamatory statements against Hameed Haroon
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has restrained filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood, popularly known as Jami, from making any defamatory statement against Dawn Chief Executive Officer Hameed Haroon. The single bench of…