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Pakistani model Nayab found dead at home in Lahore
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 11 (ANI): Pakistani model Nayab Nadeem was found dead at her residence in Lahore's Defence area on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Islamic Council halts legislation on Domestic Violence Bill
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 10 (ANI): The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Friday halted legislation on Domestic Violence Bill in 2020 saying the Islamic constitutional body needs to review and gave its findings to the Pakistan government.
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Pakistan rights commission condemns teargassing of protestors in Sindh pro
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 7 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday said it is outraged to learn that the Bheel community, which has been protesting against the alleged torture of a labourer was baton-charged and teargassed by police.
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HRCP report rings alarm over plight of women in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 6 (ANI): The annual report of State of Human Rights in Pakistan released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) for the year 2020 has set alarm bells ringing over the plight of women in the country.
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Human rights situation remains alarming in Pakistan says report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights scenario remains alarming with issues like marginalisation of communities and groups and increasing instances of honour killing as well as the poor state of religious minorities among others continue unabated in 2020, according to
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Pak's limited response to COVID-19 marred by lack of transparency, enforce
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's (HRCP) annual report on the state of human rights in 2020 claimed that the government's initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic was marred by a lack of transparency and enforcement.
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Vulnerable groups hit hardest by Covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan's Punjab pr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): An annual report on the state of human rights in Pakistan during 2020 underscores the extent to which the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the shortcomings of the healthcare sector, both in terms of preparedness and access to facilities.
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Incidents of Crime, missing persons increased in 2020 in Sindh province, s
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Incidents of missing persons and crime increased in Sindh province in the year 2020, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).
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Pakistan remains lone nation in South Asia without female judge in Supreme
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 4 (ANI): Pakistan remains the only country in South Asia that has not appointed a woman as a judge of the country's Supreme Court, while having less than 10 judges in the high courts.
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Pak rights commission raises concern over media censorship
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed "grave concern" over the growing climate of fear, violence, and censorship that currently underpins freedom of expression in the country.
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Pak's popular news anchor taken off air for speaking against media curbs
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 31 (ANI): A popular news anchor in Pakistan has been taken off the air for three days after he spoke against the rising curbs on freedom of expression in the country.
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Delhi HC directs authorities to decide representation seeking to regulate
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the concerned authorities to decide the representation seeking direction to regulate or cap the rate of High-Resolution Computerised Tomography (HRCT) test/scan in the national capital for patients with COVID-19 symptom
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