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Voice of Karachi unveils plan for creating 'Greater Karachi' region
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): The Voice of Karachi, a US-based advocacy group for the rights of Urdu-speaking people of Karachi, has demanded the Pakistan government to declare Karachi and other urban areas of Sindh province as an autonomous region within Pakistan.
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Nadeem Nusrat welcomes US' decision to cancel aid to Pak
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 4 (ANI): Nadeem Nusrat, chairman of Voice of Karachi, a US-based advocacy group, has welcomed Washington's recent actions to pressurise Islamabad in order to stop supporting terrorist groups in their soil.
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Pakistan denies minorities their individual rights: US Lawmaker
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 24 (ANI): A United States-based advocacy group representing various ethnic minorities of Pakistan has formed a joint platform 'South Asian Minorities Alliance Foundation' against what they alleged as the massive human rights violation by security forces
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Activists demand release of Pak doctor who tracked Osama bin Laden
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 30 (ANI): A United States-based advocacy group, Voice of Karachi, has expressed deep concerns over news reports on Dr Shakil Afridi, who had helped the United States in tracking down the Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, being moved from Peshawar prison t
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US must stop Pak's Pashtun crackdown: Activist
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], April 22 (ANI): A United States-based advocacy group, the Voice of Karachi, has requested Washington to exert pressure on Pakistan to stop its alleged human rights violations against the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) and other groups representing that nation's e
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Mohajir activists apprise US lawmakers of human rights violations in Pak
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 15 (ANI): A United States-based advocacy group, Voice of Karachi, has held important meetings in Washington D.C. with the Congressmen and members of powerful House committees over the latest situation in Pakistan and South Asia region.
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Protests at US Open as President Trump attends tournament
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 17 (ANI): Ultraviolet, a women's advocacy group protested against United States (US) President Donald Trump yesterday as the leader attended the US Women's Open tennis tournament, media reported.
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LGBT groups dismayed as Pentagon delays transgender troop enlistment
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 1(ANI): LGBT advocacy groups are expressing their dismay over Pentagon's decision to delay a plan to allow transgender people to enlist in the military.
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Three Chinese rights activists vanish
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], Dec.2 (ANI): Three prominent Chinese rights activists appear to have been detained in recent weeks by the police, part of a continuing crackdown on groups operating outside the umbrella of the state, advocacy groups say.
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Indian Americans for Democrats & Friends of Hillary for President,
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Nov. 3 (ANI): The Indian Americans for Democrats and Friends of Hillary for President, an advocacy group supporting Hillary Clinton for President have made an impassionate appeal to the public to vote for Hillary. Their media briefing was held at the Chatwal hotel
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