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Karachi police lodges FIR against attack on Ahmadiyya Centre
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
With mob attacks and killings becoming a regular affair against the Ahmadiyya community, Pakistan has become a country where the people of this community are subjected to extensive persecution.
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Lawlessness, illiteracy reasons for 'honour killings' in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Pakistani newspaper said of the 417 people, 152 were men and 265 were women. Around 152 incidents of honour killings were reported in Punjab province. Sindh stood second with 96 cases.
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Miscreants try to burn another girl's school in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
However, only the school door was burnt in the Ganda-e-Yasin area and a message was seen on the wall as 'GB-Atank'. No First information report (FIR) was registered as the Police claimed it to be only a mischievous act and terrorism.
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Baloch group raises concerns about killings of missing persons in fake enc
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The delegation headed by activist Sammi Deen Baloch complained about killing the missing persons in fake encounters. She also raised concerns about the harassment of Baloch students and other issues concerning the minority community.
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Pakistan rights group condemns arson attack on a girls' school in Gilgit B
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A girls' school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer district was torched early on Tuesday. According to Dawn newspaper, local officials have held "terrorists" responsible for this reprehensible act and have promised to rebuild the school along with providing security to educational institutions.
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Pak rights group voices concern about enforced disappearances bill
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Enforced disappearances must be treated as a separate, autonomous crime. Any legislation to curb this practice must provide guarantees that anyone deprived of their liberty is kept in a fully authorised place of detention and victims, their families and witnesses provided protection in case
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Pakistan emerges as 'global leader' in enforced disappearances
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): Pakistan has emerged as a global leader in cases of enforced disappearances as hundreds simply 'disappear' in the country every month as over 8,000 people have gone missing in the country since 2001, according to a report by Islam Khabar.
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51st session of UNHRC: Baloch rights group to organize 3-day exhibition on
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], September 15 (ANI): Baloch Voice Association, NGO based in Paris, France is organizing a three-day banner and poster exhibition about the enforced disappearances in Balochistan from September 19th to 21st 2022 in front of the Human Rights Commission in Geneva on the occasion
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Enforced disappearances in Pakistan raise questions over role of secret se
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 14 (ANI): The constant reports of enforced disappearances in Pakistan have raised questions over the role of the special committee, constituted by the former chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, which was supposed to investigate such cases.
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Issue of enforced disappearances lingers in Pakistan despite efforts by ci
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): Despite efforts by civil society to raise awareness about enforced disappearances, the issue lingers in Pakistan as the State uses it with impunity.
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Concrete action needed to eradicate enforced disappearances: Pak rights bo
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised concerns over the enforced disappearances in the country and said that expressions of solidarity can be no substitute for concrete action towards safely recovering victims.
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Pakistan's Human Rights Commission laments apathy of govt, opposition towa
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): Lamenting the apathy of the Pakistan government and opposition towards flood devastations in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed grave concern at the loss of life and livelihoods wrought by floods across the country.
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