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HRCP sounds alarm over deepening human rights crisis in Balochistan
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Following a week-long visit to Turbat and Quetta, the HRCP team, which included chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt, former senator Farhatullah Babar, and senior human rights advocates such as Nasreen Azhar and I A Rehman, recorded disturbing trends of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executio
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Pakistan Peoples Party disowns views of members against proposal to ban Im
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
PPP Secretary General Nayyar Hussain Bokhari told Dawn that the proposal to ban PTI was not discussed at any level in the party. So, whatever the party leaders said in opposition to the idea should be seen as a 'personal opinion'
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Pakistan: Politicians, activists move SC against deportation of Afghan ref
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Politicians including Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Farhatullah Babar, Jamaat-e-Islami's Senator Mushtaq Ahmed, National Democratic Movement's (NDM) Mohsin Dawar, and others have moved the top court to take suo motu notice of the caretaker government's policy under Article 184 (3) of the Co
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Pakistan: PPP to sue Imran Khan over allegations against Asif Ali Zardari
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Speaking to reporters, PPP leaders Farhatullah Babar, Nayyar Bukhari, and Qamar Zaman Kaira criticised Imran Khan over his allegations against Zardari.
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Human rights activists call to impose limits on Pak intelligence agencies
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Former lawmakers and human rights activists on Tuesday demanded to introduce legislation to ensure that limits were imposed on state institutions and laws were introduced in Pakistan that lay down boundaries for the functioning of intelligence agencies
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Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif's coalition partners voice concern over ISI's spe
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 5 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's coalition partners - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Tuesday voiced concern over the increasing role of country's premier spy agency ISI on civilian affairs.
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Pak govt not serious on enacting bill to criminalise enforced disappearanc
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Secretary-General Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Parliamentarians Farhatullah Babar said on Tuesday that the Pakistan Government bill to criminalise enforced disappearances is gathering dust.
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Pak's amendment bill on enforced disappearances inadequate to curb menace,
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 26 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) secretary-general Farhatullah Babar has said that the recent bill introduced by the Imran Khan-led government to curb the practice of enforced disappearances would not end the menace as it requires further deliberation and am
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Pakistan: PDM breakaway faction to contact nationalist parties, associatio
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): In a bid to resolve the contemporary issues being faced by the country, two major Opposition parties including Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) have decided to take nationalist political parties and associations along.
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Taliban leader Ehsan says he escaped to Turkey with family
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Feb 07 (ANI): Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) former spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, who escaped from jail in Pakistan early this month, said that he is in Turkey along with his family.
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Opposition leaders slam Pak govt after escape of Ehsan Ullah Ehsan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 7 (ANI): Pakistan's opposition leader and PPP member Farhatullah Babar on Friday slammed the Pakistan government, amid news stating that the former Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan has escaped from the jail.
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Pak opposition leaders allege life threats, poll rigging
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 11 (ANI): As the clock ticks down towards the general elections in Pakistan scheduled on July 25, many opposition leaders in the country accused the Pakistan Army of attempts to rig the elections and swing it in favour of certain political parties like Imran Kha
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