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Pakistan: Petitioners move to Islamabad High Court to dismiss case against
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 6 (ANI): Petitioners moved to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday appealing to dismiss the case against Baloch students who continued their sit-in protest against enforced disappearances.
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Pakistan: Baloch students continue sit-in protest over enforced disappeara
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], March 6 (ANI): Baloch students in Lahore and Islamabad on Saturday continued their sit-in protest for the fifth day against enforced disappearances.
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Kins of missing persons hold march in Balochistan against enforced disappe
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): The families of Baloch missing persons held a march against enforced disappearances of people in the province of Balochistan and demanded the release of their kins, according to a media report.
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Pakistan: Rights group alarmed over enforced disappearances in Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 17 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Thursday expressed concerns over reports of a fresh wave of enforced disappearances in the country's Balochistan province.
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Baloch university student disappeared from Khuzdar city of Balochistan: Re
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 9 (ANI): In yet another case of enforced disappearances, an Islamabad University student was forcefully disappeared by Pakistani military forces from Khuzdar city of Balochistan.
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Sindh HC orders setting up of Task Force to tackle cases of enforced disap
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], January 20 (ANI): The Sindh High Court on Wednesday took a dim view of the way the police work in missing person's cases and deplored that only stereotype reports were filed without any substantial progress.
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Enforced disappearances remain a taint on Pakistan's human rights record:
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): Pakistan mocks the United Nations concern over enforced disappearances, which continues to be practised with impunity in the country, according to a Canada-based think tank, which says that these practices remain a taint on Islamabad's human rights reco
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Pakistan's human rights group warns of sit-in from Jan 31 if Govt fails to
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 31 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights group, the Defence of Human Rights (DHR) on Thursday appealed to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Army Chief to address the issue of enforced disappearances or else it will hold a sit-in
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Islamabad High Court suggests treason charge over enforced disappearances
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 15 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suggested a high treason charge for enforced disappearances over the state functionaries responsible for providing protection to citizens.
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UNHRC asks Pakistan to not discourage victims of enforced disappearance fr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 11 (ANI): On World Human Rights Day, a group of UN experts called on Pakistan to halt the approval of an amendment to a bill criminalizing enforced disappearances that would harshly penalise families and other sources for reporting alleged cases.
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Protest in Islamabad against enforced disappearances in Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 10 (ANI): Dozens of people protested in Islamabad to highlight the rampant enforced disappearance cases in Balochistan.
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US, allies criticise Afghan Taliban for killing of ex-security personnel,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 7 (ANI): Condemning the Afghan Taliban over the alleged summary killings of dozens of former security forces personnel and enforced disappearances, the US and Western countries joined hands, expressing deep concerns over instances of serious human rights abuses
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