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Pakistan: Targeted killing of Ahmadi raises alarm over escalating religious violence

IANS | September 8, 2026 9:50 PM

Rome, Sep 8 (IANS) The recent killing of Mirza Safdar Mahmood, a 65-year-old Ahmadi Muslim and local official of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan’s Punjab province, has renewed concerns over the growing vulnerability of Ahmadis and the persistent threat of religiously motivated violence targeting the community across the country, a report has stated.

Pakistani forces extrajudicially kill two Baloch civilians

IANS | September 8, 2026 9:41 PM

Quetta, Sep 8 (IANS) As violence against Baloch civilians escalates across Pakistan, leading human rights organisations on Tuesday brought to light the extrajudicial killing of two civilians, including a woman, by Pakistani forces,

US scholar warns against isolating RSS

IANS | September 8, 2026 9:41 PM

Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) A campaign by political leaders and advocacy groups in the United States, Canada and Britain to isolate the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) could harm American interests and undermine efforts to strengthen US-India relations, a US foreign policy scholar has said.

Rise in sexual violence incidents expose dangers faced by women in Pakistan: Report

IANS | September 8, 2026 8:26 PM

Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) A rise in sexual violence incidents against women has exposed the dangers faced by women in Pakistan and the failure of the institutions meant to protect them. These incidents of sexual violence against women involve both educated and uneducated men committing crimes like sexual assault, rape, torture and killings.

Pakistan's Lahore reports rise in sexual abuse cases against women

IANS | September 8, 2026 7:12 PM

Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) As many as six women were allegedly raped, while three young girls, including a mentally challenged 15-year-old, were sexually assaulted in different places in Pakistan's Punjab province. All the incidents occurred in Lahore in the past few days, despite Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz's repeated claims of a zero-tolerance policy against gender-based violence, local media reported.

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