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Kidnapping of girls across Pakistan increasing: Report
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): The kidnapping of girls across Pakistan is rapidly increasing and most of them are either forced into prostitution or sold to gulf nations, Pak vernacular media reported.
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Rights group expresses concern over abduction of human rights activist in
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] July 21 (ANI): Various European chapters of Amnesty International, including Luxemburg, Brussels, Switzerland have written to the Sindh Chief Minister, expressing their concern over the abduction of a human rights activist in the country.
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Pakistan, France relations still 'poisoned' over Prophet Muhammad caricatu
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], February 16 (ANI): Ties between Pakistan and France continue to remain "poisoned" even four months after the controversy over caricatures of the Prophet, which led to thousands of anti-French protestors rallying the streets of Pakistan against President Emmanuel Macron, repor
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Balochistan registers 5 new cases of enforced disappearance in 2 days
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Five new cases of enforced disappearance have been reported from Kech and Panjgur district of Balochistan in just two days, the local media reported.
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Kashmiri resistance intensifying against Pakistani oppression
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad, [PoK] Feb 18 (ANI): Pakistan has used almost every international platform to peddle lies about Kashmir. It has also been making tall claims of being the defender of Kashmiri Human rights.
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Voice of Karachi hails U.S. decision to blacklist Pak police officer Rao A
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The US-based advocacy group, the Voice of Karachi (VoK) has welcomed the US Treasury Department's decision to blacklist Pakistan's "encounter specialist" Rao Anwar for his involvement in human rights abuses and has termed the decision a historic step in s
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Religious persecution, violence against women salient features of Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): Religious persecution and violence against women are some of the most salient features of Pakistan, said Sindhi-American Human Rights activist Fatima Gul at the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on 'Human Rights in South Asia' here
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Baloch activist hits out at Pak for 'running' after Kashmir, highlights it
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 12 (ANI): Hitting out at Pakistan government for "running" after Kashmir, a Baloch activist on Wednesday highlighted the atrocities carried out by state agencies against religious minorities in the country.
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Members of European Parliament urge Donald Trump to intervene in Balochist
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 22 (ANI): As Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is on a three-day official visit to the United States, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have written to President Donald Trump requesting his intervention in the deteriorating situation of human rights in Ba
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37 countries, including Pak and Saudi, defend China in UN letter over Xinj
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 13 (ANI): UN ambassadors from 37 countries, including Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, have released a letter defending China's "contribution to the international human rights cause" in the Xinjiang region, in direct response to Western criticism earlier this week.
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Baloch organisations use reverse graffiti to protest against human rights
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Jun 13 (ANI): Baloch activists from the World Baloch Organisation (WBO) and the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) organised reverse-graffiti protests (also called 'clean graffiti') in various spots around the London city centre in the early hours of Thursday.
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MQM leader Altaf Hussain calls for self-determination for Mohajirs under U
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb 3 (ANI): In a significant development, the leader of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement or MQM, Altaf Hussain has called for self-determination for the Mohajir people - virtually signalling a plan to break away from Pakistan.
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