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Every story Skardu Times has filed on human rights, newest first.

Security

Pakistan tells UN 4,700 killed in attacks from Afghanistan

Envoy Muhammad Jawad Ajmal told the Human Rights Council the Taliban still allow militant groups on Afghan soil, as UN rapporteur Richard Bennett urged states not to normalise ties without rights progress.

Security

Pakistani lawyer couple sentenced to 10 years each in security-barrier case

The report by Arab News Pakistan did not name the couple, identify the court, or say where in the country the case was heard.

SecurityIslamabad

Court sentences Iman Mazari, Hadi Chattha to 10 years each

Judge Tahir Abbas Supra announced the verdict at Adiala Jail, where the couple has been held for months; the three sentences run concurrently.

Politics

Top court upholds Christian man's death sentence in blasphemy case

Fox News reported the ruling without naming the man, the bench or the date, while a second outlet reported a Christian medic's clinic was burned.

PoliticsSindh

UN rights forum sees protest over alleged Sindh abuses

ANI News and Asianet News reported events in Geneva focused on human rights concerns in the Pakistani province.

Security

Woman rescued from forced marriage in Pakistan

Khaleej Times reported she was lured to Pakistan and forced to marry her cousin; Channels Television carried the rescue, but no Pakistani official has confirmed it.

PoliticsGilgit-Baltistan

Activist tells UN Pakistan misuses terror law in Gilgit-Baltistan

Javed Ahmad Beigh told the UN council in Geneva that activists are being detained and harassed, Indian outlets reported.

PoliticsIslamabad

ATC orders jail to produce Imaan Mazari, husband via video link

The court acted after Adiala Jail failed to bring the couple to Friday's hearing in a case registered at Islamabad's Secretariat Police Station.

Politics

OIC and APHC warn unresolved Kashmir dispute blocks regional peace

Diplomats at UN cite Pahalgam crackdown, detentions and demand release of Kashmiri prisoners while Dar warns of serious risks.

SecurityBalochistan

Rights body slams Pakistan over Balochistan eviction order

The order covers parts of Balochistan and has been called collective punishment by the unnamed rights body.

Politics

PTI warns of civil war after leader kidnapped at gunpoint

Amnesty International calls arbitrary detention of Imran Khan's family and party activists a flagrant violation, while Moneycontrol reports KP abductions.