Pakistan

The bi-annual report on human rights violations by World Sindhi Institute has revealed that a huge number of cases of human rights violations, including disappearance of political and human rights workers, lack of press freedom, violence against minorities and women and the bulldozing of villages, are rampant in the Sindh province in Pakistan.     According to a Pakistani ... [full story]

Eminent Urdu poet Ahmed Faraz has returned Pakistan’s highest civilian award, ‘Hilal-e-Imtiaz’ conferred on him by the Pakistan government citing Musharraf regime’s dictatorial attitude and brutalities against people of the Indian subcontinent. Ahmed Faraz wrote to the Pakistan government acknowledging that it was a great honour, but that he must return the award. The award was ... [full story]