Human Rights & Justice

Being convicted of the charge can bring a death sentence in the country. But simply being accused of disrespect toward...

By Zia ur-Rehman and Salman Masood March 20, 2022 KARACHI, Pakistan — Last month, a man named Muhammad Mushtaq was...

By Paul Mozur and Zia ur-Rehman Aug. 20, 2021 In one video, a Taliban official reassured female health workers that they could keep their jobs....

By Maria Abi-Habib and Zia Ur-Rehman Aug. 4, 2020   The Hindus performed the prayer rituals awkwardly in supplication to...

By Zia Ur-Rehman and Maria Abi Habib May 4, 2020 KARACHI, Pakistan — Before Jamshed Eric plunges deep below Karachi’s...

Pakistan’s neglected Thar desert region suffers from every development hurdle you can name, but its recently accelerated growth is leaving...

by Maria Abi-Habib Hari Kumar contributed reporting from Jodhpur, India, and Zia ur-Rehman from Karachi, Pakistan. October 5, 2019 JODHPUR,...

by Zia Ur Rehman August 16, 2019 https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/512503-rakhsha-bandhan-a-bond-of-love-and-respect Members of the Hindu community in Karachi, like everywhere else around the...

By Zia Ur Rehman March 31, 201 http://tns.thenews.com.pk/rinkle-kumari-reena-raveena/#.XKCAdtIzbcs It was on March 20 — the day of the Holi festival...

By Maria Abi-Habib and Zia Ur-Rehman July 23, 2018 8KARACHI, Pakistan — Karachi’s residents will go to the polls angry...