Tue, 21-Oct-2025

‘My body my choice’: Thousands rally across US for abortion rights

US

Thousands of activists, many dressed in pink, took to the streets across the United States on Saturday to demand safe and legal abortion access. The protests are in response to a leaked draught judgment indicating that the conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court is considering overturning Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 decision … Read more

Afghan women defiant but feel ‘imprisoned’ by order to cover faces

Taliban

Women in Afghanistan reacted angrily on Sunday when the Taliban issued a decree asking women to cover themselves completely in public, including their faces, or stay home, claiming that the policy would essentially cage them. Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada approved the order on Saturday in a move that threatens to push … Read more

William and Duke of Gloucester to attend Anzac Day ceremonies

William

The Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Gloucester will attend Anzac Day services. William will then take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, followed by a commemoration and thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey. Anzac Day, celebrated on April 25, commemorates the start of the Gallipoli landings in World War One. … Read more

Reporters Without Borders urges UK not to extradite Assange

WikiLeaks

In the interests of journalistic freedom, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged a UK minister not to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on Friday. RSF and other media rights groups released an open letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel, whose formal approval is needed for Assange’s extradition, urging her to “reject the … Read more

Viral: A man who has lived at Beijing Airport for almost ten years

Beijing Airport

A guy who has lived at China’s Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal for over a decade says he has no plans to return with his family. Wei Jianguo, a man in his late 50s, moved to Terminal 2 of the airport in 2008 and has been there ever since. After his family gave him an … Read more

Taliban ban Afghan women flying alone in latest setback on rights

taliban

The Taliban have ordered airlines in Afghanistan to stop women from flying unless accompanied by a male relative, in the latest crackdown on basic human rights by the country’s new rulers since seizing power. The hardline Islamists have imposed sweeping restrictions on freedoms, mostly targeting Afghan girls and women, and on Sunday also ordered local television channels … Read more

Abuse behind closed doors

emotional violence

KARACHI: One could have envied Sualeha; she seemed to have a perfect life — married with two beautiful kids, car and driver at her disposal, freedom to meet friends, everything a young woman would have dreamed of. However, she disclosed something about herself that was, till then, a closely guarded secret. She was in what … Read more

Freedom is not about dance, songs: Maulana Fazlur Rehman

JUI-F Chief

Maulana Fazlur Rehman, head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), has said that we liberated this beloved homeland on the name of Allah, freedom is not the name of dance and songs. According to details, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said in his statement that Islamic laws were not passed in Pakistan while the … Read more

UNESCO shows concerns about press freedom worldwide

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has expressed concern about press freedom worldwide, despite drop in media casualties in 2019. According to the Associated Press of Pakistan,The UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists recorded 56 journalist killings in 2019, compared to 99 in 2018 – the lowest annual toll in more than a decade. … Read more

Miley Cyrus’s new tattoo shows her separation from Liam Hemsworth

Miley Cyrus’s new tattoo shows her split from Liam Hemsworth

Pop-Singer, Miley Cyrus who is getting divorced from ex-husband Liam Hemsworth, will not let anyone come in the way of her freedom and her new tattoo says just that. Miley Cyrus might be going through a rough patch in her life right now. According to the details, Miley just got a new tattoo that says … Read more

Kashmiris observing Black Day, the day highlights 72 years of struggle

Kashmiris observe Black Day today

Today is the day of Indian occupation, Pakistani and Kashmiri citizens around the world are celebrating Black Day observed on October 27, 1947 against Indian occupation of Kashmir. According to the details, Kashmiris from both Pakistan and the LoC are celebrating this Black Day. It was on this day in 1947 when Indian troops invaded … Read more

The UN promised to give Kashmiris freedom: PM Imran

PM addresses Constitution Avenue in Islamabad

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the Pakistani nation will always stand by the oppressed people of occupied Kashmir. He was addressing participants of a human chain formed at the Constitution Avenue Islamabad on Friday to express solidarity with Kashmiris. The Prime Minister said we will continue supporting the people of occupied Kashmir and our … Read more