Pakistan's Controversial Detention Law In Balochistan, What It Means. Story by Edited by NDTV News Desk • 1h. T he Balochistan Assembly, on June 4, passed the Counter-Terrorism (Balochistan ...

An amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act will allow security forces in the restive region the powers to detain any person for ...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has raised concerns over the alleged “inhumane” treatment of its leader, Imran Khan, claiming he is being held in a “death cell” under near-total ...

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has reported that more than 1.9 million Afghan migrants have been deported from Iran and Pakistan in the past seven months. Speaking ...

Amnesty International called for Pakistan to release high-profile Baloch activists on Tuesday, condemning the arbitrary detention of the protesters. A letter to authorities called for the release of ...

The law also applies to suspects already in custody. The order comes as Pakistan grapples with a surge in militant violence, with at least 104 people killed in militant attacks in the past week, and ...

(New York) – Pakistan’s government should withdraw a counterterrorism law which threatens basic rights and freedoms in violation of Pakistan’s international legal obligations, Human Rights ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. human rights working group has called for an immediate release of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying his detention is arbitrary and violates ...

Pakistan's Controversial Detention Law In Balochistan, What It Means The legislation allows military and intelligence agencies, including the Pakistan Army and ISI, to detain individuals for up to ...