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Pakistan uses blasphemy laws to persecute its minorities
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): The minorities in Pakistan are constantly being murdered and subjected to inhuman brutalities in the name of blasphemy, conversion to Islam and other sectarian differences.
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60-year-old man was stabbed to death in Pakistan's Punjab province
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 14 (ANI): Amid continuing targeted killings of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan, a 60-year-old man from the Ahmadiyya community was stabbed to death in Chenabnagar city of Punjab province.
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Pakistan: Punjab government radicalizing society against minorities
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly opposed the Punjab government's move to incorporate a mandatory declaration of belief in the finality of Prophethood in 'nikahnama' forms.
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Persecution of Ahmadiyya community continues in Pakistan, PML-Q issues new
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): The issue of persecution of the Ahmadiyya community surfaced again in Pakistan's Punjab province after Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Punjab Vice President Malik Ilyas Awan's called to have them evicted from Khushab and their security withdrawn on
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Pakistan fails to tackle surge in gender-based violence
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Over 22,000 incidents of gender-based violence have been reported in Pakistan in the last six years however the country has failed miserably to combat the surge, media reports said.
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Pakistan's Human Rights Commission expresses concern over increasing mob v
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday expressed grave concerns over the increasing mob violence in the country citing a recent case in Karachi where a man was beaten and later shot dead by a crowd on suspicion of robbery.
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Pak rights group calls for probe against anti-graft body chief in harassme
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 10 (ANI): A prominent human rights group in Pakistan has called for a probe into the allegations of harassment against former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) head retired Justice Javed Iqbal.
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Rights group demands economic stability, political rights in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed its concern at the alarming polarization in political discourse, which it said was detrimental to the cause of democracy in the country.
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Rights group condemns abductions of Baloch students from Karachi Universit
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the recent cycle of abductions and manhandling of Baloch students from Karachi University.
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Role of military in civilian affairs needs to recede: Human Rights Commiss
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has condemned Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's decision as the premier issued orders tasking the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) with the screening of civil servants before their induction, appointments and postings
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Human rights body urges Pakistan govt to address sense of deprivation in G
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 9 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government to address the "constitutional, political and economic deprivation" of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), media reported on Thursday.
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India slams Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's tweet on minority rights
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): India on Monday slammed Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over a tweet on "minority rights" and said that Pakistan itself is a "serial violator of minority rights".
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