by Kalbe Ali | Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Dec 26th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal government on Monday claimed to have released about 290 Baloch demonstrators held in the wake of a crackdown on a long march organised by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee. The claim was contested by the organisers of the protest, who said the authorities released about 130 protesters on Sunday night, but not a single person was released on Monday as claimed…
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report in Daily Star, Apr 3, 2023Significantly more number of girls under the age of 18 were subjected to physical torture in March, when compared to February, found a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad. The findings of the report, based on incidents reported in news articles, were revealed to the public yesterday. Only in March, 28 girls (under 18) were reported to have been physically tortured and abused, whereas the number was just five in…
edit in The Nation, Jan 21, 2023The eighth session of the Pakistan-Russia Intergovernmental Commission that was being held in Islamabad this week has resulted in major agreements between the two countries, especially in the area of energy cooperation. The most significant development is that Pakistan will pay for energy purchases from Russia—which will commence in late March—in currencies of friendly countries. This is something that has been at the centre of speculation for a while,…