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Refusing to Disappear: Daughter shares soul-rending ordeals after father '
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 31 (ANI): Aymun Sajid, daughter of Sajid Mehmood, who was abducted on the evening of spring 2016 by "Pakistan's state agencies", remembers the day clearly and still clutches the memories of her "Baba" who never came back.
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Pakistan: Police registers FIR in Sikh traders' killing in Peshawar
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Amid severe backlash over the persecution of the minority community in the country, Pakistan's counter-terror department has registered an FIR into the targeted killing of two Sikh traders in Peshawar.
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Pakistan: Sit-in protest against killing of Sikh shopkeepers in Peshawar
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Many people from the Sikh community in Pakistan staged a sit-in on the Grand Trunk Road outside the historic Qilla Bala Hisar to protest against the murder of two Sikh men, who were gunned down in the city of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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India registers protest over 'brutal killing' of Sikh traders in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): India on Sunday called upon Pakistan to take strict action against those responsible for brutal killing of Sikh traders in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Pakistan PM condemns killing of Sikh shopkeepers in Peshawar, orders inqui
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday "strongly condemned" the killing of two Sikh shopkeepers in the city of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while also ordering a high-level inquiry into the incident.
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Islamic cleric says former Pak Minister's letter to UN on blasphemy bid to
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Saying that all the legal forums were available for the redressal of such issues in Pakistan, Chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Monday said former Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari's letter to the UN aga
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Human Rights Watch asks Pakistan to amend 'blood money' laws to deliver ju
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): Highlighting the "severe miscarriage of justice" due to Pakistan's existing infamous "blood money" laws since 1990, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on the government to amend provisions of the criminal law that allow for murder and other s
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UN chief condemns 'horrific attack' on Peshawar mosque
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 5 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the suicide blast in the Pakistani city of Peshawar that killed over 50 people.
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Media freedom in Pakistan deteriorates: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 2 (ANI): Pakistan's media freedom has been under question as highlighted by the report compiled by the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors.
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Pakistan rights group condemns targetted killing of Christian priest in Pe
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 31 (ANI): The Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) condemned the assassination of a Pastor in a brutal attack in the city of Peshawar.
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'Human Rights Focus Pakistan' raises concerns over violation of minority r
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) on Friday raised issues concerned with human rights violations of minorities in Pakistan, marking International Human Rights Day.
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Pakistan: Supreme Court to hear Pashtun leader MNA Ali Wazir's appeal on M
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad, [Pakistan] November 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Pakistan will hear Pashtun Movement Leader MNA Ali Wazir's appeal on Monday against the judgement of the Sindh High Court dismissing his bail application in the case related to his "incendiary" speeches, according to the Pakistan
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