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Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Ce
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 21 (ANI): Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Central and South Asia and the recent UN report on China is a great example as it highlights that Beijing has systematically disappeared ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and other h
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"Pak military establishment transformed country into prison-like system",
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 24 (ANI): Pakistani human rights activist Sanna Ejaz said that the Pakistan Army has transformed the country into a prison-like system controlled by security authorities, with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) playing a particularly central role in entrenc
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We are not speaking enough about Pakistan: EU envoy to Afghanistan during
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 16 (ANI): While discussing the situation in Afghanistan and future trajectories for the South Asia region and the West, the EU Ambassador to Afghanistan, Andreas von Brandt noted that there has not been enough talk about Pakistan.
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China gets aggravated after Kashmiri intellectual raises Aksai Chin's occu
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): China got annoyed after a Kashmiri intellectual and human rights activist raised the issue of illegal occupation of Aksai Chin by Beijing during the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday.
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Analyst at UN talks about countering gender-based discrimination, violence
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], March 22 (ANI): Research Analyst at European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), Celine Burke, while speaking at the 65th Session of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna highlighted the importance of gender-sensitive drug policies as a cruc
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Largest opium producer Afghanistan, contributes 87 pc total global output
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], March 17 (ANI): With about 87 per cent of the global production, Afghanistan is the world's largest opium producer despite a 9 billion dollar effort over a two-decade period by the United States to deter illegal production in the country, according to an analyst associated
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Pakistan behind human rights crisis in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, EFSAS to
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): The human rights violations in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is the brainchild of neighbouring Pakistan which played a key role in shaping both the radical ideas of the Taliban in religious seminaries and the fate of the terrorist group through steadfast supp
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Pakistan: Chinese mega-project CPEC behind massive protests in Gwadar, say
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 28 (ANI): The massive protests in Gwadar which unnerved Islamabad and Beijing was fuelled by the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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At Glasgow climate summit spotlight on biggest emitter China
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 17 (ANI): At the upcoming Glasgow climate summit the spotlight will be on China, which is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gas. (GHG).
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Madrasas in Pakistan, Afghanistan becoming breeding grounds for terrorists
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 4 (ANI): A research analyst at the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) has expressed concern over religious schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan becoming breeding grounds for terrorists.
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Pak-backed `jihadis' will re-route from Afghanistan to Kashmir, EFSAS to U
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): The European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) has expressed fear that Pakistan-backed and trained 'jihadi' terrorists will be diverted to Kashmir after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan crux of problem in Afghanistan, say experts
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 26 (ANI): A recent European Parliament resolution, highlighting Islamabad's role in Afghanistan, comes in the backdrop of a growing global recognition that despite the Taliban showing its true gory colours, it is nothing short of a wonder that Pakistan is stil
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