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Journalist found dead in Mehrabpur

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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: The body of a local journalist, Aziz Memon, was found in a water channel in Mehrabpur on Sunday. The body was recovered from Gaddo Branch with a wire tied around the neck, showing signs of strangulation. Sources said Mr Memon, who was associated with TV channel KTN and Sindhi daily Kawish, had asked […]

College professor arrested underneath blasphemy fees

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A professor of Shah Abdul Latif College, Khairpur, was arrested by the native police underneath blasphemy fees on Wednesday. Prof Sajid Soomro, who can be a author recognized for his books on Sindhi-Mohajir unity, was arrested from his home in Ali Murad Mohalla, Khairpur metropolis. In line with eyewitnesses, police officers in not less than […]

What we saw at Aurat March 2020

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It’s International Women’s Day and you know what that means. it’s time for the Aurat March! This one in 365 days – 366 during leap years – is when women unite and reclaim public space to raise their voices against injustice, misogyny and to question: patriarchy, what is this behaviour? While the Aurat March is […]

Riots break out in Ghotki over alleged blasphemy by school principal

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Law and order of Ghotki and surrounding areas deteriorated on Sunday as people in large numbers took to the streets to protest against an alleged incident of blasphemy. The protests began on Saturday after a first information report of (FIR) was filed against a principal — who is from the Hindu community — of Sindh […]

PAKISTAN 2018 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT

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Us Embassy and Consulates in Pakistan Issued a report on Human Right Activies in Pakistan 2018. Here is its Executive Summary. Full Report link is Also Available EXECUTIVE SUMMARY     Pakistan a federal parliamentary republic. In July the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the most National Assembly seats in the general elections, and in August […]

Government of Pakistan must repeal its blasphemy laws

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Responding to the reports that Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman freed from death row in 2018, has left Pakistan and arrived in Canada, Amnesty International’s Deputy South Asia Director Omar Waraich said: “If the news is true, it’s a great relief that Asia Bibi and her family are safe. She should never have been […]