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Pakistan's Human Rights Commission laments apathy of govt, opposition towa
Updated : 3 years, 6 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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Pakistan uses blasphemy laws to persecute its minorities
Updated : 3 years, 6 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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Pakistan's rights commission condemns persecution of minority Ahmadiyya co
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): Rebuking the atrocities in Pakistan against its minority Ahmadiyya community, the country's Human Rights Commission on Saturday condemned the perpetuating violence and demanded justice.
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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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NHRC intervention in death case of 2 labourers results in compensation of
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): In a case related to the death of two labourers in a stone mine accident in Koderma, Jharkhand, the National Human Rights Commission's intervention resulted in allocation of a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of each deceased by the mine owner.
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Pakistan rights commission slams disruptions to ARY News
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission in Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday strongly opposed the disruptions to ARY News and asked the country's regulatory authorities not to take channels off the air arbitrarily.
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Pakistan human rights body concerned over human trafficking
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 4 (ANI): Raising concern over the country's human rights situation especially for women, Pakistan Human Rights Commission believed that developing comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation and National Action Plan will not make difference until they are implemen
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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, 7 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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Sri Lanka: 9 arrested during clashes at Galle Face protest site, says Poli
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): As many as nine people were arrested in the early hours of Friday at the Galle Face protest site, in a face-off between protesters and armed security personnel.
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