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November 19, 2024 Commentary

Pakistan’s Deadly Air Pollution Crisis

Lahore, city of 14 million people, has – again – topped rankings of world’s most polluted air

A cyclist crossing a road amid intense smog
October 9, 2024 Dispatches

Pakistan Government Intensifies Crackdown on Political Dissent

Respect Right to Peaceful Protest; End Wrongful Arrests

Police officers fire tear gas to disperse the supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party, during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, October 5, 2024.
July 31, 2024 News Release

Pakistan: Respect Rights in Response to Balochistan March

Free Those Detained for Peaceful Protest, Restore Internet Access

Members of the Baloch community demonstrate for greater rights in Gwadar, Balochistan province, Pakistan, July 28, 2024.
May 28, 2024 News Release

Pakistan: Abusive Evictions Target Urban Poor

Reform Colonial-Era Law, Policies to Protect Rights to Housing, Livelihood

Demolished homes in a city
April 22, 2024 Commentary

In Sickness and in Debt: The Right to Health

50% of Pakistanis Do Not Have Access to Basic Primary Healthcare Services, and Approximately 42% Have No Access to Health Coverage

Pakistani women wearing face masks leave the Aga Khan hospital where a patient suspected of having contracted coronavirus was admitted, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.
March 27, 2024 Statement

Pakistan: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

98th Pre-Sessional Working Group

March 11, 2024 Dispatches

Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Targets Youth on Social Media

Student, 22, Sentenced to Death; 17-year-old Gets Life in Prison

Police officers stand guard outside Multan jail after Junaid Hafeez, a university professor, was sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy, Multan, Pakistan, December 21, 2019.
March 11, 2024 News Release

Pakistan: New Government Should Protect Rights

Letter to Prime Minister Sharif Highlights Key Areas

Shehbaz Sharif
March 6, 2024 Dispatches

Pakistan’s Supreme Court Finally Rules on Martial Law-Era Trial

Gen. Zia-ul-Haq’s Crimes Following 1977 Coup Spotlighted

The Supreme Court of Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan,  June 20, 2022.
February 12, 2024 News Release

Pakistan: Ensure Fair, Peaceful Transition of Power

New Parliament Should Enact Electoral Reforms, Promote Rights-Respecting Agenda

A big screen showing the results of Pakistan’s parliamentary elections at the Pakistan Election Commission headquarters, in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 9, 2024.
February 6, 2024 Letter

#KeepItOn: Pakistan’s caretaker government and election commission must ensure open and secure internet access throughout the 2024 elections

February 6, 2024 Commentary

Pakistan Needs More Than Elections To Be a Democracy

A protester aims a slingshot towards police (unseen)
January 19, 2024 Statement

Pakistan: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

74th Pre-Sessional Working Group

January 11, 2024 News Release

Pakistan: Widening Crackdown on Dissent

Mass Deportation of Afghan Refugees

A Christian man looks at a home vandalized by a Muslim mob in Jaranwala, Pakistan, August 17, 2023.
December 8, 2023 Dispatches

Pakistan Denies Voting Rights to Religious Community

Repeal Discriminatory Laws Against Ahmadis

Pakistani security personnel at a roadblock outside an Ahmadiyya place of worship in Rabwah, Punjab province, Pakistan, September 15, 2023.

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