LAHORE: A protest was organised by Sri Lankan activists for Pakistani peace activist Raza Mehmood Khan, convener-Pakistan of Aaghaz-e-Dosti, who went missing in December last year. Sri Lankan activists Sandya Eknaligoda, Sitthi Jameena, Vathana Sunthararaj and Mayuri Inoka and Sri Lankan activists expressed solidarity with families of the disappeared in Pakistan in their demand for justice and accountability for the disappeared […]
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Court disposes of Raza Khan’s abduction case
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday disposed of the Raza Khan’s abduction case on the grounds that an alternative forum was being availed for further investigation. Raza, a convener of the Aghaz-e-Dosti initiative promoting peaceful ties between Pakistan and India, had gone missing since December last year. He was last seen a day before […]
Peace is the new crime
It has been three months now that peace activist Raza Khan has been missing. On Dec 2, Raza, a research student and youth activist was last seen in an event that he had organized on the evening of Dec 2. It was around the Faizabad protests that had crippled the entire Pakistan and raised questions […]
‘Will present Raza Khan by February 7’
LAHORE: Raza Mehmood Khan’s case on Monday took a positive turn as Deputy Attorney General Javed Kasuri assured that the missing peace activist will be presented before the court on next hearing, reported Daily Times. During the proceedings, Advocate General told Justice Malik Shahzad that Raza Khan’s whereabouts still remained unknown, upon which the judge […]
‘My son’s crime is that he feels the pain of others’
LAHORE: There was a grim silence in the hall as Mehmood Hayat Khan, the father of missing peace activist Raza Mehmood Khan, walked to the stage. As he started speaking in a dejected, yet firm, tone, at a citizens’ seminar at South Asia Media Centre on Saturday, many among the listeners were reminded of the […]
Raza’s friends, colleagues gather at Liberty, demand his retrieval
LAHORE: Members of the civil society on Saturday gathered at Liberty Chowk in Lahore to hold demonstration demanding retrieval of the missing peace activist Raza Mehmood Khan. Raza had gone missing on December 2, 2017 and no trace of him has so far been found. It is claimed by his friends and colleague that he […]
Raza Khan case: LHC orders intelligence agencies to look for missing activist
LAHORE: Lahore High court (LHC) has on Friday ordered the intelligence agencies to look for the missing peace activist Raza Mehmood Khan since the police stated today that they were unable to find Raza. According to details, LHC’s Justice Qazi Amin conducted the third hearing in the case of missing peace activist who had gone […]
LHC orders SHO to present Raza Khan on next hearing
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered the Station Head Officer (SHO) at Naseerabad Police Station to present the missing peace activist Raza Mehmood Khan on the next hearing scheduled for December 22. In what was termed as a ‘positive development’, Justice Qazi Ameen Ahmad ordered Attorney General and the SHO to get their […]
Civil society protests against Raza Khan’s disappearance
LAHORE: Civil society and activists gathered in front of Lahore Press Club on Monday to protest against the disappearance of peace activist Raza Khan. The protesters said that after multiple meetings with the police, they were sure that Raza’s case was that of enforced disappearance. Raza’s family members and colleagues said that they could not […]
The curse of Pakistan’s enforced disappearances: Activist Raza Khan goes missing from Lahore
LAHORE: A social activist Raza Mehmood Khan has gone missing from Pakistan’s Lahore city following a discussion session on the topic of extremism. The activist had held the meeting in the context of a recent sit-in staged by religious parties in Faizabad, Islamabad, and the State’s subsequent capitulation to it. “After the end of our meeting […]