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'Pak Army supports jihadis, uses them against minorities'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 22 (ANI): The Pakistan Army in the last few years has become radical and begun supporting jihadist groups, which are being used to kill minorities and rights activists in the Islamic nation, a Washington-based activist said on Wednesday.
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Mosque never existed at Lord Ram's birthplace, says Shankaracharya
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Mar. 19 (ANI): Dwarka Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati made a controversial statement over the long existing case over Ayodhya, stating that a mosque never existed at Lord Ram's birthplace.
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PTI women activists throw eggs, tomatoes at Ayesha Gulalai
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Mar.17 (ANI): Incidents of attacking political leaders in Pakistan have been on the rise this month.
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Sindh 'base' of India, say activists in Geneva
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Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 16 (ANI): Hours after Congress MP from Assam Rupin Bora demanded the removal of "Sindh" from the National Anthem, prominent activists from Sindh region on Friday condemned the move, saying Sindh is the base of India.
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Activists blame Pakistan for genocide of Sindhi people
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 16 (ANI): Sindhi activists have accused Pakistan of carrying out atrocities on Sindhi people as political activists are routinely being targeted in the province.
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Sindhi activists hold anti-Pakistan protest outside UN building
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 15 (ANI): Amid heavy rains, the World Sindhi Congress organised a protest against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Sindh in Pakistan.
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UKPNP activists highlight human rights violations in PoK
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] March 15 (ANI): Activists of the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has highlighted gross human rights violations committed by Pakistan in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Baloch activists raise voice against atrocities by Pak at UNHRC
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] March 15 (ANI): The members of the Baloch Republican Party (BPR) have raised the issue of human rights violations carried out by Pakistan in Balochistan at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Activists pay tributes to late rights advocate Asma Jahangir
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 13 (ANI): Activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Tuesday paid tributes to Asma Jahangir, Pakistan Human Rights Commission co-founder and an advocate who fought for the rights of oppressed people in the South Asian nation.
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PoK activists hold anti-Pakistan protest outside UN office
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 13 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) held a massive protest outside the United Nations office here on Tuesday against the gross human rights violations committed by Pakistani state in the region.
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Women activists highlight persecution of Christians in Pak at UN
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 13 (ANI): Christian women activists on Monday raised the issue of persecution of minority community by the hands of Islamic fundamentalists and the misuse of blasphemy law in Pakistan during the 37th session of human rights council session in Geneva.
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Pakistan Army at the heart of Baloch rights abuse, say activists at UNHRC
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): Pakistan's armed forces and intelligence agencies are at the heart of the continuing human rights violations in that country's Balochistan Province, claimed three senior Baloch activists in separate addresses at the 37th session of the United Nations Hum
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