Human rights report alleges record extrajudicial killings by Punjab’s police unit set up to combat organised crime. Pakistan's foremost rights group HRCP has alleged that Punjab's specialised police unit has killed more than 900 people in what it termed 'extrajudicial encounters' [Mohsin Raza/Reuters] Islamabad, Pakistan – When armed officers from Pakistan’s Crime Control Department raided Zubaida Bibi’s home in Bahawalpur city in southern Punjab province last November, they

Nepal’s PM resigned on Tuesday as protesters set buildings on fire. But calls for broader change are growing. Protesters on a Kathmandu street waving the national flag and chanting slogans on Monday [Samik Kharel/Al Jazeera] Kathmandu, Nepal –  Pabit Tandukar was shouting slogans against Nepal’s government outside the country’s parliament building in the capital Kathmandu when he felt sharp pain cutting through his leg. The 22-year-old university student was taken to the trau