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Every October, the pink ribbons return. But what happens when a woman finds a lump and cannot afford the journey to a doctor, fears telling her family, or faces treatment without her partner’s support?
This Pinktober, Rights Watch looks beyond the ribbon at what stands between breast cancer awareness and actual care in Pakistan.
Breast surgeon Dr Huma Majeed shares accounts of patients abandoned by husbands, families asking doctors to conceal a diagnosis, and women whose access to treatment depends on someone else’s money and permission to travel.
Why are services concentrated in major cities? What happens after an awareness campaign tells women to get checked? And who gets to decide what a woman knows about her own health?
A Breast Cancer Awareness Month conversation about the barriers pink ribbons alone cannot remove. What needs to change for awareness to become access? Join the conversation, and subscribe to Rights Watch for more reporting and discussion on human rights in Pakistan.
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Two women were brutally killed in Rawalpindi after unidentified suspects entered their house and beat them to death with iron tools. They were identified as Louiza Bibi and Namiya (Naumeen) Bibi. Meanwhile, in Islamabad's G-12 area, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Police official Riffat Gul shot dead his 32-year-old sister-in-law Riffat Bibi over a family dispute and fled. During the current year, a disturbing increase has been witnessed in heinous crimes against women, particularly murders over domestic discord and minor disputes, in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
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صوابی میں 17 سالہ خدیجہ کے مبینہ ریپ اور قتل کے واقعے نے خواتین کے تحفظ، ملزمان کے احتساب اور انصاف کی فراہمی پر سوالات اٹھا دیے ہیں۔ خدیجہ کی والدہ نے ملزمان کو قرار واقعی سزا دینے کا مطالبہ کیا ہے، جبکہ قانونی ماہرین کا کہنا ہے کہ مؤثر تفتیش اور ٹھوس شواہد کی بنیاد پر ہی عدالت سے سزا دلوائی جا سکتی ہے۔ ضلع صوابی میں رواں سال کے پہلے آٹھ ماہ کے دوران خواتین پر تشدد کے 75 مقدمات رپورٹ ہوئے۔
Seven years after New Delhi revoked the semi-autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir, Indian-held Kashmir is quieter on the surface but increasingly bitter underneath. A new International Crisis Group (ICG) report, 'A Trigger in Jammu and Kashmir: Militant Violence under Indian Central Rule (Asia Report N°360)', warns that the Indian government's heavy-handed approach is breeding resentment rather than peace, and that a single militant attack could once again push nuclear-armed India and Pakistan toward war.
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An Additional District and Sessions' Judge of the Anti-Rape Special Court Islamabad has sentenced a man with death penalty, heavy fines and a total of 3 million rupees, for repeatedly subjecting his stepdaughter to sexual abuse.
Read details: voicepk.net/2026/10/man-gets…
Twenty-five years after leaving the National College of Arts, fifteen artists from the Fine Arts batch of 2001 showed their work together at Alliance Française de Lahore. The exhibition, Then, Now & Everything Between, closed with a conversation led by their former teacher, Salima Hashmi, on time, place and the purpose of art.
Twenty-five years after leaving the National College of Arts, fifteen artists from the Fine Arts batch of 2001 showed their work together at Alliance Française de Lahore. The exhibition, Then, Now & Everything Between, closed with a conversation led by their former teacher, Salima Hashmi, on time, place and the purpose of art.
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An NCCIA Special Court in Islamabad has sentenced Tayyab Shehzad and Zeeshan Haider to 7 years in prison and fined them Rs. 1M each under PECA for child pornography and cyberstalking after blackmailing a 12-year-old girl and her father. Digital forensics proved the guilt of both convicts
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The Federal Constitutional Court conducted a hearing on the appeal regarding the defamation and Section 20 PECA case between singers Meesha Shafi and Ali Zafar. The court directed the federation to promptly submit its response, remarking that the Additional Attorney General cannot simultaneously represent both the federation and the FIA. The appellants contend that the FIA's case is rooted in mala fide intent and that Section 20 of PECA conflicts with fundamental rights; consequently, they urge that the Lahore High Court's judgment be set aside and the FIR quashed.
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One suspect, Tauqeer, accused of running over and fatally injuring a 14-year-old boy in #Multan, was killed in an alleged encounter with the Crime Control Department (CCD) in #Bahawalpur early on Wednesday. According to a #CCD statement, Tauqeer had allegedly escaped from police custody while on remand.
In #Islamabad, a suspect accused of defrauding International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) student #Laiba on the pretext of arranging a US visa was killed in firing by his own accomplices on Tuesday, police said.
The Federal Constitutional Court has re issued notices while hearing the review petition regarding the potentially illegal nikah of an underage Christian girl Maria Shahbaz to Sheheryar, a Muslim man many years older than her. The case was heard by a two-member bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Hasan Rizvi, which also included Justice K. K. Agha; during the hearing, the court issued important directions to the counsels of the parties.
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The killing of 15-year-old orphan Waseem Abbas in Multan has drawn strong condemnation from rights groups and officials, with Search for Justice (SFJ) and the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) Punjab demanding a thorough investigation and the strictest legal action. Police have obtained a four-day physical remand of the suspect while lawyers allegedly assaulted the suspect during a court appearance.
Read: voicepk.net/2026/10/multan-o…
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خیبر پختونخوا میں آج پشاور ہائی کورٹ میں تین اہم مقدمات کی سماعت ہوئی۔ سب سے اہم کیس پی ٹی آئی کی جانب سے گورنر راج اور ایمرجنسی کے خلاف دائر درخواستوں کا تھا، جس میں مختلف فریقین سے 10 نومبر تک جواب طلب کیا گیا۔ وزیراعلیٰ سہیل آفریدی کے کیس میں دو دن کے اندر جبکہ سپیکر بابر سلیم سواتی اور جنید اکبر کے کیسز میں دس روز کے اندر جواب مانگا گیا ہے۔
مزید جانئیے فرزانہ علی کے ویڈیو بلاگ میں۔
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Maintaining an earlier decision taken by the High Court of commuting a death sentence to life imprisonment, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of both the accused and the complainant, declaring in its detailed judgment that in a state of severe trauma and fear, expecting an eyewitness to know microscopic details of a bullet's trajectory was unnatural and impossible; therefore, this minor discrepancy between eyewitness testimonies and the medical report is proof of the witnesses' truthfulness and has no impact on their credible evidence.
Read: voicepk.net/2026/10/minor-co…
The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Attorney General, the federal government and other parties, seeking their replies to petitions against the imposition of Governor's Rule and a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A two-member bench comprising Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Fahim Wali adjourned the hearing until November 10.
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Young people have taken to the streets across South Asia and in France. Should governments criminalise their dissent or listen to their demands?
On Rights Watch, senior advocate Asad Jamal argues that an electoral mandate is no blank cheque. Governments lose public support, elections can come early, and those in power cannot assume five years in office puts them beyond challenge.
Watch the full episode of Rights Watch on Voicepk.net’s YouTube channel.
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Chitral Mine Owners Association Senior Vice President Bashir Ahmad Khan has urged provincial authorities and military leadership to lift restrictions that have brought mining in the region to a standstill.
Addressing a press conference, he said thousands of families depend on the sector for their livelihoods, including many daily-wage workers, and warned the restrictions could trigger an economic and humanitarian crisis.
When does enforcing the law become a way to silence opponents?
On Rights Watch, senior advocate Asad Jamal explains “lawfare” and argues that governments use legal powers to suppress dissent when they feel politically insecure.
Where should accountability begin?
Watch the full episode of Rights Watch on Voicepk.net’s YouTube channel.
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