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Report Human Trafficking

Edit in The Nation, Dec 16, 2023The establishment of a hotline to report human traffickers across the country is a very important development, in crime control as well as citizens’ welfare. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) worked in collaboration with the Australian High Commission and International Labour Organisation (ILO) to set up the hotline and devise the necessary coordination mechanism. The hotline will receive complaints and direct them to relevant police stations. This was a very…

To a land they don’t know, Afghans’ forced exodus continues

Edit in Pakistan Today,Nov 7, 2023They’re not going back where they came from. As you read this, hundreds of thousands of human beings who have never even seen Afghanistan are being sent to the country of their ethnic origin. Brace yourselves as news of one of the largest cases of forced migration on the planet unfolds, because sad stories abound. We are not merely talking about the political activists, artists and people associated with the…

Data of over 2m Pakistanis stolen, offered for online sale

report in The News, Sept 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: The data of 2.2 million Pakistani citizens has been compromised and put up for sale online after some hackers gained access to a private company-made database used by hundreds of restaurants, the Geo News reported on Wednesday. The hackers have reportedly displayed the data of some citizens as samples in the advertisement for the online sale. “We have hacked the databases of over 250 restaurants,” the hackers claimed…

Around 1 million children above five years deprived of Covid vaccine

by Arjun Poudel in Kathmandu Post, April 3, 2023Amid a rise in new cases of the coronavirus, concerns have grown about hundreds of thousands of children above five years old who have not yet been vaccinated against Covid. Officials at the Ministry of Health and Population estimated that there could be around one million children above five years old who have not received even a single dose of the vaccine. “Hundreds of thousands of children…

Poverty, Unemployment Forcing 100s of Afghans to Go Abroad Daily:

Report in TOLOnews, April 03, 2023 at 12:18 AMPoverty and high unemployment have been driving hundreds of Afghans to leave the country every day. The citizens of the country said that they are forced to illegally migrate to find jobs abroad to feed their families. “I have been deported 16 times since 1391 (solar year) up to now… we are vulnerable and struggling with problems and we need to go out,” said Abdul Khaliq, a…