Peshawar, May 29 -- Pakistan is facing renewed criticism over its human rights record after Amnesty International expressed serious concern regarding the alleged enforced disappearance of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) activist Fareedullah Afridi from Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

In a post shared on X, Amnesty International stated that Afridi was abducted on the evening of May 18, 2026, in Peshawar. The rights organisation stated that despite repeated appeals from his family, local police have refused to register a First Information Report (FIR) and have not initiated any formal investigation into his disappearance.

The international rights watchdog stated that Afridi's case appears to fit a broader pattern of e...