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Imran Khan defends China's mistreatment of Uyghurs, says 'Xinjiang not wha
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 14 (ANI): Turning blind eye to Uyghur Muslim suppression in China, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the situation in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ((XUAR) is not what Western media portrays.
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Pakistan: Christians protest against lack of 'graveyards' in Swat
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], February 4 (ANI): The Christian community in Swat staged a protest for lack of 'graveyards' in the region, reported local media.
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Pakistan worries about failure to satisfy EU's compliance of GSP+ criteria
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 4 (ANI): Pakistan is worried about the European Union's (EU) Generalized Schemes of Preference Plus GSP+ status review proposed to take place this month in Islamabad.
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Pak blasphemy laws embolden mobs to carry out vigilante justice: Journalis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): The brutal murder of a Sri Lankan national in Pakistan's Punjab has drawn condemnation from all around the world and has highlighted the rise of the misuse of the blasphemy law to carry out vigilante justice in Pakistan.
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Religious extremism, Blasphemy laws further dent Pakistan's image
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 9 (ANI): Pakistan's international image has been diminished further by growing religious intolerance in the country and how Blasphemy laws are adding to it
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Rights group condemns brutal murder of Sri Lankan in Pakistan's Sialkot
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 5 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has condemned the horrific incident in Pakistan's Sialkot where a man from Sri Lanka was beaten and burnt alive on December 3 by a mob alleging a blasphemous act.
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Pakistan's deal with TLP comes under its plans of mainstreaming militant g
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 15 (ANI): The latest deal reached between the Pakistani government and Tehreek-e-Labaaik Pakistan (TLP) is being viewed by the observers as a continuation of the state's project of 'mainstreaming' militant groups which were largely launched after 2017, when the
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Human rights organisations alarmed over recent persecution of Ahmadiyya co
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): Many international human rights organisations are alarmed over the recent persecution of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan.
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Pakistan resisting International commitments on blasphemy laws
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): The increasing cases of blasphemy registered in Pakistan continues to be a cause of concern for human rights activists who have repeatedly highlighted the practice and urged world bodies, including the EU to take note of the issue, which has worsened
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Pakistan's minorities in shambles, continue to suffer
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan has failed to uphold the promise which was everything for minorities that is safeguarding fundamental rights and freedom of religious minorities which was promised on August 11, 1947, but they still continue to suffer.
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Pakistan Police arrest 3 under controversial blasphemy law
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 8 (ANI): Pakistan Police have arrested three people under controversial blasphemy law for allegedly desecrating the holy Quran in Abbottabad and Havelian.
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Time for EU to question Pakistan's GSP+ status, say experts
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan's blasphemy laws are used and abused by extremist Islamic groups to persecute members of non-Muslim minorities and whoever tries to combat this religiously motivated instrumentalization is at risk of losing their lives, experts from a non-governme
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