34SharesBrother of slain Kohistan video scandal’s whistleblower Afzal Kohistani, Bin Yasir, wrote an article for a local news website saying that he fears for his life as the people who killed his brother will not rest until they have finished the entire family. “One day they will kill me too. I know it. They never […]
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) Alliance dedicated the International Women’s Day 2019 to Afzal Kohistani, rights activist who was gunned down in Abbottabad on March 6. In 2012, Kohistani’s sisters and subsequently his brothers were targeted in Jirga-ordered ‘honour’ killings. EVAWG said that despite multiple requests for protection over death threats, Kohistani was […]
75SharesThe government failed to protect Kohistan video scandal’s whistleblower Afzal Kohistani, despite him repeatedly requesting the provision of much needed security. Afzal Kohistani was shot dead in Abbottabad on Wednesday by unidentified armed men near Gami Adda on the Children’s Hospital Road. Three passers-by were also injured and were taken to the Ayub Medical Complex […]