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Pakistan has announced a commission intended to strengthen protection of minority rights, alongside renewed government commitments on equal citizenship.
Exclusive: Campaigners Millions Missing Rights Including Sick Protection has moved into focus in artificial intelligence coverage. Exclusive: Campaigners say millions are missing out on key rights including sick pay and…

Pakistan is using LEAP 2026 in Riyadh to pursue closer technology cooperation with Saudi Arabia while presenting its startups and digital reform agenda.
The UN human rights chief has warned that Nicaragua’s latest political shift deepens repression and threatens basic freedoms, according to a statement reported by Al Jazeera.
Google?s first local office in Pakistan is being framed as a signal of deeper technology investment, with officials pointing to digital skills, AI, startups and IT exports as the next test.

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari responded to Nawaz Sharif's remarks, stating that the residents of Azad Jammu and Kashmir are not ready to bargain away their rights ahead of local polls.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has eliminated VAT on household electricity bills starting in October, funded by a controversial redirection of the abandoned digital ID programme’s budget for the current financial year
Pakistan's digital economy turning profitable signals a shift from subsidised growth toward more durable online payment and platform activity.
Hardware startup Light has introduced the Light Flip, a minimalist, tactile alternative to the modern smartphone. The device aims to provide a stripped-back digital experience at a more accessible price point
From Victoria Beckham’s stoic sideline composure to the Tartan Army taking over Boston, this summer’s tournament birthed a unique digital footprint that transcended the standard match day analysis

Responding to a jibe from PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said that whether Kashmir or Kashmore, Mirpur or Mirpurkhas, residents were 'not ready to bargain away' their rights.

A Karachi court petition involving alleged AI-edited images, false posts and threats highlights how digital evidence should be tested under Pakistan's laws.
ICE arrests human rights lawyer in Pennsylvania as asylum case hangs in balance Wu Shaoping, a Chinese human rights lawyer who fled his home country after a crackdown on legal activists, has been arrested by US…
NADRA's chipless QR-based identity card has turned Pakistan's digital ID shift into a major public technology story.

The Islamabad High Court declared petitions filed by human rights activist and lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha, seeking suspension of their sentences in the controversial posts case, admissible.
Brussels says the penalty is part of a wider push to make digital markets fairer, adding fresh pressure on Google as regulators step up scrutiny of major tech firms.
Social media has become a global political arena, shaping diplomacy, elections, conflict narratives and public trust in ways governments can no longer ignore.
The EU has fined Google €890 million over alleged Digital Markets Act breaches, while the company is reportedly in “constructive” talks to limit further penalties.
The US delegation left a Security Council meeting in protest after France compared Washington's human rights voting record to that of North Korea and Russia.

Pakistan has launched a digital proof-of-life service allowing civilian and military pensioners to verify their identity from home using biometric and facial checks.

Pakistan's media freedom debate has intensified after the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists voiced concern over new rules affecting foreign press movement. Under the…
Austria opened a new police station in Adolf Hitler's former house, in a deliberate effort to deter today's ascendant far-right extremists from making pilgrimages to the Nazi dictator's birthplace.
Pakistan's Commerce Ministry is reviewing proposals for an AI-enabled digital trade ecosystem, signalling that export planning, market intelligence and government data management are becoming central parts of the…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday launched a new artificial intelligence-based digitisation platform for the Prime Minister’s Office, marking an effort to replace paper-based working with digital processes in the…