Published by Al-Araby Police were on Saturday investigating the murder of two Pakistani-Spanish sisters as an “honour killing”, a brutal patriarchal practice that sees women put to death for bringing “shame” on their families. In deeply conservative Pakistan women have been shot, stabbed, stoned, set alight and strangled for the charge of tainting their family’sRead More
Human Rights
Riaz Hussain Pirzada assumes charge as Human Rights Minister
Federal Minister for Human Rights Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada has taken charge of his responsibilities.Upon arriving his office in Islamabad on Wednesday, he was warmly welcome by the Ministry officials.Federal Secretary Ministry of Human Rights Inamulla…
ECP says it has full capability to hold general elections as per law in the country
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) says it has full capability to hold general elections as per law in the country.In a clarification on statements of politicians, the commission said ECP is fully aware of its constitutional and legal responsibi…
UN rights council adopts three resolutions on Palestine
Published by Al-Araby The UN Human Rights Council adopted three resolutions in favour of Palestine during the longest session in its history. Thirty-five resolutions were passed on Friday at the Council’s 49th session, which ran from February 28 to April 1 at the UN, three of which were based on Palestine. The resolutions condemned theRead More
Raining bombs on Mozambique is not a solution
Published by Al-Araby It was previously thought that military strikes on commanders will eliminate Mozambique´s jihadists, who now have links to ISIS as well as fingers in the lucrative heroin cargo landing from Pakistan and Iran. This is no longer realistic. Insurgents in Mozambique have graduated to transnational narcotics smuggling with syndicates in Iran andRead More