投稿者: Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Petersen
Former PM is accused of creating wave of public anger that could prove difficult to controlOn Tuesday, two days after Imran Khan had been ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister in a dramatic no-confidence vote, Noor Alam Khan – a politician and former mem…
Pakistan’s now ousted PM appeared to give opposition ultimatum: agree to fresh elections or I’ll bring in armyImran Khan, who was ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister on Saturday, threatened to implement martial law rather than hand over power to the op…
Supreme court rules PM acted unconstitutionally in dissolving parliament before confidence votePakistan’s supreme court has dealt a devastating blow to the prime minister, Imran Khan, by ruling that he acted unconstitutionally in dissolving parliament …
Islamabad high court orders government to fill vacant post at head of National Commission for Human RightsThe prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, and his government have been accused of trying to “sabotage” the country’s independent human rights wa…
Family of women’s rights advocate, found dead in Canadian lake, call for police to reopen investigationIt was the homecoming they never wanted. Five years ago, Karima Baloch fled Pakistan after her work as a prominent human rights activist put her life…
Husband says foul play cannot be ruled out after body of 37-year-old dissident discovered in TorontoA dissident Pakistani human rights activist living in exile in Canada has been found dead in Toronto after going missing.Karima Baloch, 37, was granted …
The Sunni majority is using blasphemy laws to target and murder those they call ‘heretics’Syed Kareem* has been in hiding for weeks. He fears if he is seen on the streets of Karachi, the Pakistan city he calls home, he will be a dead man walking.His or…