Jailed former prime minister was finally allowed to meet his sister, Uzma Khanum, on Tuesday, following protests.

Adiala Jail is not just another detention facility. It is considered one of Pakistan’s most notorious maximum security ...

Nearly 200 Afghan migrants have been released from prisons in Pakistan and Iraq, returning home as deportations and detentions ...

It has been more than two and a half months since I was thrown into prison—Hudda Prison, in Quetta, Pakistan, the same place father was caged nearly two decades ago, also for promoting the rights of ...

More than 200 inmates have escaped from a prison in Pakistan after they were moved from their cells for safety amid earthquake tremors, officials have said. Several dozen of the prisoners that broke ...

Khan is serving out a sentence for various corruption convictions, which he and his supporters say were politically motivated ...

A 49-year-old blind Pakistani Christian, Nadeem Masih, for instance, has been arrested and charged with blasphemy, punishable ...

KARACHI, Pakistan — More than 100 inmates escaped from a prison and at least one was killed in a shootout in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi overnight after they were temporarily moved out of ...

Government officials have dismissed speculation surrounding the former Pak prime minister's alleged death in custody. Yet the ...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Taliban militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades battled their way into a prison in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, freeing close to 400 ...

Supporters of Balochistan National Party carry posters of Mahrang Baloch during a protest in Quetta on May 2, 2025. Credit - Banaras Khan—AFP/Getty Images It has been more than two and a half months ...