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People have no protection against torture

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KARACHI: They sat at a distance looking at the group of lawyers discussing the litigation of torture cases at the event organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. They came in hope that someone would be able to help them, a couple in traditional clothes standing out in the crowd of black suited men. […]


Six-hour protest in Dadu over kidnap, torture of four journalists

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DADU: Several hundred people belonging to the media held a six-hour sit-in at the Dadu-Larkana section of the Indus Highway on Wednesday to lodge their strong protest over police failure to arrest a feudal lord and his armed guards who allegedly kidnapped four senior journalists in Johi a fortnight back and subjected them to inhuman […]


Woman shot dead in Shahdadkot

SUKKUR: A man shot dead his wife and then burnt her body in Shahdadkot. Dr Rehana Jamali, a doctor at the hospital where the body was taken , said that 90 percent of the body had burnt marks. She said that the viscera had been sent to lab. The accused, who is absconding, was identified […]


Police thrash journalist

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Swat – Police have thrashed a private channel journalist when he was covering death of three children in a road accident. As per details, yesterday morning three innocent school going children have been died in a roadside accident at the Gulibagh area of Swat. The children were going to school after they were hit by […]