Enforced disappearance has regularly been used as a tool for instilling fear and exert control over a population. The feeling of insecurity it generates is not limited to close relatives of the disappeared, but also their communities and society as a whole. In a post on social media platform X, The UN chief said enforced…
“We are outraged that those searching for forcibly disappeared family members and loved ones continue to be targeted and face violence in Mexico,” they said in a statement, issued in the wake of two recent incidents. Brutal killing Human rights defender Teresa Magueyal was shot dead while riding her bicycle in Celaya, Guanajuato state, on 2 May. Her son, José Luis Apaseo Magueyal, 34,…
Fuelled by record temperatures and high winds, the deadly fires that began across the country in July have so far claimed 27 lives, including two children – both asylum seekers, according to news reports. They were among 18 bodies discovered by Greek authorities on 22 August in the national forest of Dadia, in the northeast,…
Islamabad: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has completed the CPPA hearing, the decision of which will be issued later. The authority was not satisfied with the data presented by the CPPA. Chairman Nepra directed the CPPA to bring correct statistics here. Chairman Nepra said that the burden of wrong statistics will not be…
Checks were distributed to both heroes at Haier Company Lahore (Photo: Express Web). Javed Afridi, owner of Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Peshawar Zalmi, gave a cash reward and a job offer letter at Haier Company Lahore to the heroes of the Bitgram chairlift incident. Javed Afridi tweeted on the social networking site Twitter (X)…
File photo The England Cricket Board (ECB) has made the match fee for women players equal to that of men. In this regard, ECB has said that after the success of Women’s Ashes series this year, it was decided to equalize the match fee. 100,000 spectators came to watch the Women’s Ashes in the summer…
Caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar—File photo Caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar says that we are barely meeting our expenses, we have to borrow from the market at 23 percent. This has been said by the Caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar while speaking at the Senate Standing Committee on Finance under the chairmanship of Senator Salim…
Islamabad: The issue of heavy electricity bills to the public and free units to departmental officers reached the Supreme Court. A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on behalf of citizen Saeeda Begum, requesting the court to immediately stop the supply of free electricity units to officers of all departments. In the petition…
Lahore: Polio virus has been confirmed in the environmental sample of the city, which is the third positive environmental sample this year. According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, Nadeem Jan, the virus is genetically related to the virus found in Kandahar, Afghanistan. In the fight against polio, Pakistan is forming a joint…
Photo courtesy of Kirkinfo In the first match of the Asia Cup, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman and Imamul Haq opened the innings after which the first wicket of the national team fell for 21 runs in 5.3 overs when Fakhar Zaman was caught out for 14 runs….
