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Pakistan: Protests held against forced disappearances in Balochistan on Ei
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi/Turbat [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): On the occasion of Eid on Tuesday, families of Baloch missing persons held a protest against the Pakistan government and security agencies at Karachi Press Club, demanding the safe release of their loved ones.
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Address human rights violations seriously: Hina Jilani to Pak Government
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 30 (ANI): Amid rising cases of forced disappearances in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairperson Hina Jilani on Friday asked the Shehbaz Sharif's government not to take the issues of human rights violations lightly.
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Pakistan: Sindhis hold protest against CPEC, raise issue of forced disappe
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan] April 25 (ANI): A massive protest rally was held in Sann city of Pakistan's Sindh province on Monday to oppose China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and raise the issue of enforced disappearances and forced conversion of Hindu girls in the region.
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Experts wary of Shehbaz Sharif's promise to resolve missing persons issue
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said he would take up the issue of Baloch missing persons with the "powerful quarters" of the country.
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Pak PM Sharif pledges to raise Baloch missing persons issue with 'powerful
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], April 23 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that he would take up the issue of Baloch missing persons with the "powerful quarters" as over 22,600 people have been missing from the country especially in Balochistan province.
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Over 8000 people missing in Pakistan during 2021: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights situation has further deteriorated as a recent report unveiled by the US revealed that over 8000 people were missing in the country during 2021 including 1,200 missing in Sindh province in the last six months.
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Pakistan Human Rights Commission airs concern over forced disappearance of
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 3 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday expressed its concerns over the alleged forced disappearance of four Pashtun workers following the Anarkali Bazar explosion in Lahore last month, local media reported.
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Pak's Jamaat-e-Islami to observe Balochistan Solidarity Day on December 12
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], December 9 (ANI): Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami has announced to observe Balochistan Solidarity Day on December 12 to highlight the rising numbers of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings by Pakistan's security forces.
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Rights report highlights unlawful killings and forced disappearance of Bal
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 31 (ANI): In its 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights, the US State Department has highlighted significant human rights issues in Pakistan, including unlawful or arbitrary killings by the government and forced disappearance of Pashtun, Sindhi and Baloch human rights
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Baloch, Sindhis, Pashtuns stage protest against Pakistan in Toronto
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], Aug 31 (ANI): Members of Baloch, Sindhi and Pashtun organisations staged a protest on Sunday in Toronto to mark the 'International Day of Victims of Forced Disappearances', demanding the United Nations and international community to press Pakistan to end forced disappearanc
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Forced disappearance growing in Balochistan, says Bugti
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), August 4 (ANI): Baloch Republican Party spokesperson Sher Mohammed Bugti expressed concern over growing incidents of human rights violations in Balochistan, the largest in terms of land and natural resource rich province of Pakistan.
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