At the UN Human Rights Council, Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) raised alarms over the misuse of Pakistan's blasphemy laws ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday appealed for dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan amid border clashes and deadly airstrikes, while condemning ever harsher “apartheid” edicts issued ...

HRFP held a condolence for human rights defender Joseph Francis, founder of CLAAS, calling his demise an immense loss. For 40 years, he fought for religious minorities against injustice, forced ...

At the United Nations Human Rights Council, Pakistan on behalf of a cross-regional group of countries has said access to water remains integral to inherent human dignity and the right to life.

The Human Development Index of 0.544 is not just a ranking— it is a mirror. Whether Pakistan chooses to confront that reflection or continue averting its gaze will determine if this paradox endures— ...

Responding to the deaths of at least 26 people during protests that erupted across Pakistan on 1 March following the killing ...

Activists from Baloch Yakjehti Committee and civil society hold portraits of Mahrang Baloch, one of Pakistan’s most prominent human rights advocates, during a protest demanding her release, in Karachi ...

ISLAMABAD, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Saturday convicted a human rights activist and lawyer, Imaan Mazari and her husband on charges of ‌anti-state social media posts, handing them ...

Unlike in Bangladesh and Nepal, disgruntled young people are being forced to bottle up their frustrations and see no path ...

In the month of April alone, the Pakistan government deported over 30,000 Afghan nationals, which included critical writers and artists who could face prosecution. This statement was originally ...

Pakistan has again arrested Mahrang Baloch, a prominent champion of human rights for the country’s ethnic Baloch minority, and barred her lawyer from visiting her in jail. “She was looking weak and ...