The military in Pakistan is considered so powerful that the country’s constitution bans criticism of it. Reporting corruption in/by the military in that country literally means putting your life on the line. But one journalist has daringly exposed one of…
The news of Pakistani human rights advocate Gulalai Ismail escaping out of Pakistan after spending months in hiding as a fugitive from the authorities has attracted attention worldwide. The Pashtu language service of the Voice of America (VOA) – whose…
A movement has built up and is now on the streets across Pakistan. They want answers and justice on the questionable character of the country’s powerful military establishment about terrorism and illegal abduction of their fellow Pashtuns. But the most…
Pakistan’s government lost it big time when they sheepishly allowed ex- military dictator Pervez Musharraf to leave Pakistan despite cases of high treason and murder against him in the courts. A day prior to the government’s announcement of allowing the…
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) has condemned the reported killing of around 100 civilians in the latest attacks launched by Pakistan’s military in Balochistan. On their website, UNPO expressed “deepest regret, sympathy, and condemnation” over what it terms…
In a disturbing incident, Pakistan’s military killed two people and wounded at least 10 others in Bannu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The incident took place yesterday when a clash erupted between the military personnel and the internally displaced persons…
Both the Obama administration and Pakistan’s military establishment lied to the world about the 2011 hunt of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, claims investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. In his post in London Review of Books, Hersh shared the details…