by Zoya Anwer in Dawn, December 24th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Durnaz Bibi* arrived in Islamabad alongside hundreds of Baloch protesters on Wednesday night, for the recovery of their loved ones who had been forcibly disappeared, but instead of justice, she along with others, faced the wrath of the state. When Dawn approached her outside the press club, she was trying to balance a toddler in her arms. The child tightly held onto the picture of a loved…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 16, 2023The U.S. representative for Afghanistan responded to the explosion at a Shiite mosque in Pul-e Khumri that occurred on Friday. Tom West tweeted on Monday: “Afghanistan’s Shi’a community has suffered far too much from violent extremists.” He wrote, “I am deeply saddened by the terrorist attack that left many innocent Shi’a worshippers dead and wounded in Pul-e- Khumri this past Friday.” On the other hand,…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Oct 1, 2023The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called the attack on the Kaaj School on its first anniversary “horrific” and emphasized its commitment to standing with the victims and individuals affected by this incident and other violent incidents in Afghanistan. UNAMA, on Saturday night, wrote on its social media platform X, stating that in last year’s attack on the Kaaj School, 54 people were…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 23, 2023One minor died while 11 others were injured in a clash at the Jayandu Juvenile Correction Centre in Daduwa Rural Municipality of Banke district on Thursday. All 254 inmates fled the centre, breaching boundary walls, railings and gates. While 254 have returned, nine are still at large by Friday evening. This is the third incident of violence in a correction centre within a month in the…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 23, 2023One minor died while 11 others were injured in a clash at the Jayandu Juvenile Correction Centre in Daduwa Rural Municipality of Banke district on Thursday. All 254 inmates fled the centre, breaching boundary walls, railings and gates. While 254 have returned, nine are still at large by Friday evening. This is the third incident of violence in a correction centre within a month in the…
by Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, Dec 31st, 2022KARACHI: The outgoing year of 2022 left painful and ugly scars on the face of Karachi when it comes to the violent crime of rape as over 500 women and girls were subjected to sexual assault in the last 12 months, it emerged on Friday. The shocking figures were compiled with the help of record of medico-legal officers posted at the three major hospitals of the metropolis —…