Floods add to the miseries of the marginalized

(Badin/Dadu): Floods that devastated parts of Pakistan have left thousands of owes and wounds behind. “I was running behind cars, which came to distribute the ration. I ran and ran for ration but did not get it. Instead got scratches on my leg and arm,” says a Hindu community member who is a farmer and the […]
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Why is Sindh suffocating due to illegal migrants?

(Karachi): Already struggling to cope with its own problems caused by the neglect of the central government, Sindh is up against the influx of refugees who have settled in the region changing the demography and also controlling the chunk of the economy.     Not surprisingly, a bloody scuffle between two individuals has now blown out […]
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For many Baloch, yet another Eid is spent protesting

Karachi: For Amna Baloch, yet another Eid is spent in front of the Karachi Press Club protesting the state’s inaction against the enforced disappearances of Baloch men. Amna, the organizer of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, is among the many Baloch women who have spent over a decade trying to know the whereabouts of Baloch men […]
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Pooja Kumari’s case is on the back burner

“Lawyers neither help nor do authorities provide any kind of support for the case,” says Pooja’s father with disappointment. He spoke to The Rise News that he had been contacting his lawyers to pursue the case, but the lawyers did not respond to his calls. Meanwhile, he is pressurized to arrive at a compromise. However, […]
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