Pakistan GSP+ compliance and human rights reforms
Meta: EU urges Pakistan to strengthen GSP+ compliance as officials highlight reforms, selective criticism, and regional security challenges.
A United Nations Development Programme survey reveals that over 4.5 million returnees, natural disasters, and a disabled female workforce are plunging Afghan households into debt and hunger.
In a rare act of defiance, Afghan women torch burqas to challenge the Taliban’s new decree enforcing the full-body veil, calling it a direct attack on women’s dignity, freedom, and human rights.
DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has called for unity on national security as religious leaders pledge support to counter terrorism and hostile propaganda.