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Pakistan's shadow war on Baloch citizens intensifies
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Four individuals, including a woman, a student poet, a fisherman, and a security guard, were allegedly abducted by Pakistani security forces in separate incidents this week. Families of the missing persons have appealed for their immediate and safe recovery, urging authorities to end what th
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Waves of enforced disappearances continue in Pakistan
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Fresh reports from Balochistan highlight another wave of alleged enforced disappearances, with five young men reportedly taken by Pakistani security forces from different districts, while four previously missing individuals have returned home, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Supreme Court refuses to seek Centre's response on PIL alleging 'custodial
Updated : 6 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned a PIL (public interest litigation) plea that sought directions with regard to the alleged custodial disappearance of five Rohingya refugees to December 16, on which other matters in relation to the Rohingya, are listed.
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Baloch leader condemns 'state violence' in Balochistan after shelling kill
Updated : 6 months ago IST
One of the victims, who was in a critical condition, later passed away from her wounds, prompting fresh outrage over what activists describe as a "continued chain of state violence" in Balochistan.
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Human rights crisis deepens in Balochistan, reveals Paank report
Updated : 6 months ago IST
The report paints a grim picture of what it calls "systematic state-sponsored violence," accusing Pakistani security institutions and their allied militias of carrying out widespread abductions, torture, and killings across the province, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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"Many infiltrators disappeared from Bihar's voter list": UP Deputy CM Path
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday announced a revised schedule for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 States and Union Territories, extending several key deadlines by one week.
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Pakistan accused of state-sponsored killings as bodies of three disappeare
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
At least three bodies of Baloch men who had earlier been reported as victims of enforced disappearance were discovered in Kech district, Balochistan, on Friday, the latest addition to a grim pattern of extrajudicial killings and state-linked abductions, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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"You can't put somebody in jail and make him disappear": Shashi Tharoor on
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has expressed concern over the silence surrounding Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's health, urging Pakistani authorities to provide clarity.
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Pakistan slammed for escalating enforced disappearances amid renewed Baloc
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Five people in Balochistan were allegedly taken by Pakistani forces, while two previously missing men returned home. Families and the VBMP protest camp demand the recovery of missing student Saeed Baloch, saying enforced disappearances are creating fear and disrupting education in the region
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AI-powered automation will change work, but people remain indispensable: M
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
"Automation could, in theory, take on a majority of the work now done by people in the United States. That does not mean half of all jobs would disappear; many would change as specific tasks are automated, shifting what people do rather than eliminating the work itself," the report noted.
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Pakistan: Academic standstill at QAU as Baloch students protest alleged en
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Academic life at Islamabad's Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has come to a complete standstill as the Baloch Students Council (BSC) continued its sit-in for the third straight day, demanding the immediate recovery of missing student Saeed Baloch. The protest has effectively shut down the camp
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Pakistan wages war on Baloch women: BYC leader slams state brutality
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Sammi Deen Baloch, a senior leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), accused the Pakistani state of unleashing what she called the "most brutal form of oppression" against Baloch women. In a statement, Ms Baloch a
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