MUZAFFARABAD: The Pakistan Army is investigating the alleged torture of a youth that led to his death last week in Azad Kashmir, an official said on Thursday. Mohammed Ali Murtaza’s family have accused the army of torture and claim the 26-year-old died while in its custody after going missing on February 17 near the de-facto border between Pakistan and India in the divided Kashmir region. The Pakistan Army has launched an inquiry to investigate the…
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GILGIT: A report of the International Human Rights Observer’s (IHRO’s) Gilgit-Baltistan chapter has enlisted the poor law and order situation as the main reason for human rights violations in the region. “According to a rough estimate, around 3,000 people have been killed in sectarian violence since 1988,” says the report that was released recently. On the loss of lives and its impact, it states that about 900 women have been widowed and nearly 2,500 children…
By Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, Mar 1 ISLAMABAD: A move by the Asian Development Bank to bring World Bank on board for co-financing Diamer Bhasha Dam backfired when the World Bank instead asked the ADB to first seek a no-objection certificate from India – a condition that has derailed the project. The ADB has so far faced criticism for asking for Indian NOC at the eleventh hour when Pakistan has already met agreed…