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Turkish Prez threatens to open borders to migrants seeking entry in EU
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Nov. 25 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday threatened to throw open the country's borders to illegal migrants after the European Parliament voted to back a freeze in membership talks with Ankara for entry in the bloc.
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European Parliament Conference discusses rights violations in Gilgit-Balti
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Nov. 12 (ANI): Josep-Maria Terricabras MEP (Greens/EFA) and the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) in partnership with Mahatma Gandhi International, recently convened a high-level conference entitled "A Recipe for Disaster: Environmental Degradatio
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EU parliament delegation to visit Lanka from Oct 31 to Nov 3
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct. 29 (ANI): European Parliament's four-member delegation is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka from October 31 to November 3 to discuss national reconciliation and greater women's empowerment as part of groundwork to review the country's application to regain
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British lawmaker comes down heavily on Pak, JEI for atrocities in Banglade
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Oct. 27 (ANI): Dr. Charles Tannock, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Conservative Party's spokesman for Foreign Affairs, has criticised Pakistan and the Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) for their role in the atrocities committed in 1971-
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European Parliament backs India's surgical strikes in PoK
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Oct.4 (ANI): The European Parliament has backed India's surgical strike on terrorist training camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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EU may impose economic sanctions on Pak for atrocities in Balochistan: Rys
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 23 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with the people of Balochistan against Pakistan's atrocities, European Parliament Vice President Ryszard Czarnecki has said the European Union may impose economic and political sanctions on Islamabad if the Asian nation fails t
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Exploitative nature of CPEC raised at 33rd UNHRC session
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept.22 (ANI): Friends of Gilgit Baltistan, an international organization set up by a few Members of the European Parliament, held a seminar last week on the sidelines of the 33rd UNHRC session in Geneva, on the exploitative nature of the China-Pakistan Economic Corrido
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CPEC is a fully militarized project: Paulo Casaca
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 20 (ANI): Maintaining that human rights violations in Balochistan are at its worst, Paulo Casaca, a former member of the European Parliament, said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a fully militarised project.
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Hold Pakistan accountable for misdirected policies in Balochistan, says EU
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels, Aug. 13 (ANI): Expressing concern over the August 8 suicide bombing at the Civil Hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, European Parliament member Alberto Cirio has said it is time Islamabad is held accountable for its misdirected policies, perpetuated over the years, and is pressured into
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US Congress condemns Pak for violating human rights to pursue CPEC project
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington, July 15 (ANI): European Parliament Vice-President Ryszard Czarnecki has said Pakistan is violently crushing dissent and indulging in human rights violations of the Balochistan people as the 'China-Pakistan Economic and Defence Cooperation (CPEC)' project is being const
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Terror attacks in Saudi Arabia points to Hafiz Sayeed recruitment campaign
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels (Belgium), July 11 (ANI): In a scathing editorial written by the European Parliament's Vice President Ryszard Czarneck titled 'Wake up call to Anti-terrorism Ayatollahs', Pakistani links to the recent Ramzan terror attacks in Saudi Arabia have signaled the arrival of
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