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Youth Migration Aboard A significant number of Pakistani youth are seeking opportunities abroad, driven by factors like economic hardship, lack of opportunities, and a desire for a better quality of life. While some surveys indicate a majority prefer to stay and contribute to Pakistan’s development, a substantial portion are pursuing education, jobs, and permanent residency […]

In July, August 2025, the Legal Researchers Team conducted a rapid community based survey among Afghan refugees and asylum seekers living in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The findings, though drawn from a limited sample, expose a disturbing reality: a rising pattern of arbitrary arrests, extortion, detention, and forced deportations of Afghan nationals many of whom are

Forced to Leave: Afghan Families Face Uncertain Futures Amid Pakistan’s Deportation Drive-Sheraz Khans (Activist)   In recent months, Pakistan has launched a nationwide crackdown on undocumented foreign nationals, with Afghan refugees at the forefront of this controversial move. While the government insists that the policy only applies to those lacking legal documentation, the consequences have

Recent reports from various media sources suggest a significant rise in the number of separation cases, generally termed as khula, in Lahore. The increase has been remarkable so far this year, reflecting broader trends in the region. Pakistan has seen its divorce rate jump by about 35% over the last five years. In Lahore now,

Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services.” Therefore, this right gurantees the access of vital necessities for every individual so that

Article 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is particularly articulated to ensure that everybody has the right to rest and leisure, including adequate rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. This statement recognizes the importance of work-life balance and the necessity for an individual to take

Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says, ‘Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.’ Further on it notes that ‘everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work and to just and

Article 22 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights maintains that: everyone, as a member in society, is entitled to social security and is therefore entitled to realize, through national efforts and international cooperation and, in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, economic, social, and cultural rights indispensable for dignity and the

Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights boldly declares that everyone is entitled to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely and regularly chosen representatives. It further insists on democratic participation by stating that the will of the people must be the basis of the authority of government;