“We are not afraid; we will keep our journalistic work going," Jan said while being taken to court a day after his arrest.

After a year-long protest, the government has had to agree to reduce electricity prices and provide a wheat subsidy. But not before a clash between the protestors and the police that left four dead. Protestors are now considering a strike over the deaths.

The 12-year-old girl’s mother and lawyers suspect she has been married by force and allege police inaction in finding her. Meanwhile, activists are vexed by how her abduction is being turned into a religious issue.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said the government’s earlier pledge to criminalise enforced disappearances continues to ring hollow.

The administration's attempts to clamp down on free speech at last week's Asma Jahangir Conference in Lahore showed it as anti-democratic and repressive.

The Pakistan PM’s statement that women who dress immodestly are bound to have an impact on men has activists asking: must children also wear the right kind of clothes to protect themselves?

An online event organised by LUMS on the 50th anniversary of the Bangladesh War of Liberation was 'mysteriously' cancelled.

Last week, domestic worker Zohra Shah was beaten to death after she accidentally let expensive parrots escape in an affluent neighbourhood in Rawalpindi, sparking a debate on child abuse in the country.

Haider's work is focused on ensuring the security and safeguarding the rights of her community. That has made her unpopular with Pakistani government and conservatives within the group.

The resolution to remove Justice Qazi Faez Isa for "criticising the army and the ISI" in his Faizabad case verdict shows "there are clamps on freedom of speech within the judiciary".

Thousands rallied across various cities on International Women's Day to demand gender equality, better working conditions, rights for transgenders, reproductive rights and more.

Mian Javed Ahmed was arrested in October over allegations of establishing illegal campuses and minting millions through students.

After the Supreme Court ordered that Asiya Bibi be freed, citizens and human rights activists hope that the judgment marks the beginning of sculpting a liberal, more inclusive Pakistan.

After the Pashtun uprising and the subsequent media intimidation, Pakistan's election appears to be skewed in more than one way.

In Pakistan, where discrimination and violence against the trans community has thrived for years, will the passing of a recent Bill that gives the country's transgender citizens their fundamental rights, change things for the better?

Even though thousands attended Manzoor Pashteen's rally in Lahore on April 22, nothing much appeared in the news within the country as most channels succumbed to bullying by state forces.

People have been baying for blood since the eight-year-old's rape and murder was highlighted, but now reactions are more hot-headed and emotional.

While the rape and murder of a seven year old has brought the public to the streets, the law and order situation has been far from perfect in the past.