ساتویں خانہ و مردم شماری کے غیر حتمی نتائج کے مطابق 25 مئی تک پاکستان کی مجموعی آبادی 25 کروڑ 54 لاکھ 66 ہزار تھی۔ سندھ کی آبادی 5 کروڑ 79 لاکھ 25 ہزار 802 اور کراچی کی آبادی ایک کروڑ 91 لاکھ 24 ہزار 812 ہے۔ پاکستان کی پہلی ڈیجیٹل مردم شماری کے دوران سیاسی جماعتوں کی جانب سے ...

گجر نالہ آپریشن میں لگ بھگ ساڑھے سات ہزار کے قریب خاندان بے گھر ہوئے۔ چار بچوں کی ماں سونیا یعقوب ان ہزاروں متاثرین میں سے ایک ہیں جن کے مکانات تجاوزات میں شمار کرکے مسمار کردیے گئے تھے۔ سونیا یعقوب کا کہنا ہے کہ مہنگائی کے اس دور میں وہ بچوں کا پیٹ پالیں، ان کی تعلیم کے اخراجات ...

ہر سال 12جون کو پاکستان سمیت دنیا بھر میں چائلڈ لیبر کے خاتمے کا عالمی دن منایا جاتا ہے، جس کا مقصد بچوں سے مزدوری لینے کے رجحان کا خاتمہ کرکے انہیں مشقت کی اذیتوں سے نجات دلا کر اسکول کا راستہ دکھانا اور معاشرے کا مفید شہری بنانے کے لئے شعور اجاگر کرنا ہے۔ اس دن سماجی تنظیموں اور ...

مہنگا دودھ، 20 کروڑ روپے روزانہ کا ڈاکہ دودھ فروشوں نے ایک طویل عرصے سے ظلم و ستم کا سلسلہ شروع کر رکھا ہے، مگر کمشنر کراچی اپنے ٹھنڈے اے سی کمرے میں سکون سے براجمان رہتے ہیں، انہیں اہلیانِ کراچی کے ساتھ جاری لوٹ مار کی کوئی پروا ہی نہیں ہے۔ کمشنر کراچی کی اسی بےخودی اور بے خبری ...

A landmark bill now before Japan’s upper house of the Diet would revise the penal code’s definition of rape to include “nonconsensual sexual intercourse.” The bill, which may be voted on by June 21, will revise the country’s legislation on sexual violence only for the second time in a century. The bill would also increase the statute of limitations for ...

Dr Aafia Siddiqui — a Pakistani neuroscientist jailed in the United States for over a decade — finally met her younger sister Dr Fauzia Siddiqui after 20 years, at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Texas, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan shared on Wednesday. Taking to Twitter, the JI senator shared that another meeting with Dr Aafia is scheduled ...

In August 2019, the Indian government completely blocked all communication networks in Jammu and Kashmir, including landlines, fixed line internet and mobile networks. The authorities sought to prevent Kashmiris from organizing protests after the government revoked the state’s constitutional autonomous status, splitting it into two separate federally governed territories. While some services were gradually restored, mobile 4G internet access remained ...

Cristina Quijano Carrasco Researcher, Women’s Rights This Friday, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) will elect four out of seven members to sit on the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, a critical human rights body in the region. Both the Commission and OAS General Assembly have rightly established rigorous criteria for these positions. Members are expected ...

Washington, DC) – Upcoming meetings between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden and congressional leaders should include meaningful discussions of human rights issues, Human Rights Watch said today. Modi is scheduled to visit Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023. In a June 8 letter, Human Rights Watch urged President Biden and congressional leaders to raise concerns ...

Many students in Lebanon risk losing another year of school unless foreign donors meeting in Brussels this week can come up with a viable plan to deal with the education crisis. Public-school students – including Syrian refugees – have suffered through four years of chaos: 27 percent dropped out last year alone. Donor support to education is critical to stabilizing ...

Six months after the 2022 World Cup final in Doha, FIFA and Qatari authorities have failed to provide compensation for widespread abuses, including wage theft and unexplained deaths of migrant workers who prepared and delivered the tournament, Human Rights Watch said today. Migrant workers who have remained in Qatar have not received compensation for past abuses and face escalating wage ...

In Pakistan, it has become commonplace for democratic governments to unveil populist budgets during election years, driven by the desire to secure victory in the polls. These budgets are crafted to lure voters through a range of incentives, including subsidies, increased spending on development programmes, a raise in salaries and prioritisation of glitzy schemes. The aim is to appease various ...

By Javed Iqbal In today’s fast-changing digital era of the 21st century when social media has become a fundamental right of the masses, an internet ban seems to be the weapon of choice for the powers that be in a crisis-like situation in Pakistan. The Pakistani government’s recent crackdown on political dissidents resulted in the denial of internet access to ...

In Bonn, Ahead of COP28, Confront UAE on Oil, Rights Governments and advocates attending UN climate talks in Bonn from June 5 to 15, 2023 should push for rights-respecting and ambitious climate action, Human Rights Watch said today. To uphold their human rights obligations, governments should commit to a phaseout of all fossil fuels as an overarching agreement of the ...

جاوید الرحمن خان ویسے تو پورے پاکستان میں شعبہ تعلیم کی کارکردگی انتہائی مایوس کن ہے، مگر سندھ میں اس حوالے سے صورت حال خاصی دگرگوں ہے۔ اس کی تصدیق اس بات سے بھی ہوتی ہے کہ دنیا بھر میں ”کرپشن“ پر نظر رکھنے والی عالمگیر تنظیم کی پاکستان میں قآم شاخ ٹرانسپیرنسی انٹر نیشنل پاکستان نے اپنی سروے رپورٹ ...