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Pakistan irked by Afghan Taliban's inaction against TTP
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Amid the growing incidents along the Pak-Afghan border, Pakistan's foreign office on Sunday issued a strong statement, saying terrorists were operating with impunity from Afghan soil.
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Enforced disappearances endemic to Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 11 (ANI): Enforced disappearances is endemic to Pakistan as there are reports of a fresh wave of "missing persons" in the country.
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147 private universities illegally operating in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], February 5 (ANI): As many as 147 private universities are illegally operating in Pakistan with impunity amid a lack of coordination, unwillingness and confusion among the regulatory bodies and the government machinery, local media reported.
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Enforced disappearances remain a taint on Pakistan's human rights record:
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): Pakistan mocks the United Nations concern over enforced disappearances, which continues to be practised with impunity in the country, according to a Canada-based think tank, which says that these practices remain a taint on Islamabad's human rights reco
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UN lauds courage of Afghan journalists, calls for end to crimes against th
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 3 (ANI): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has paid tribute to the Afghan reporters for their courage and said that the impunity for crimes against journalists should be ended, reported TOLOnews.
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Two dozen Pak journalists prosecuted under PECA act in 2 years: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 2 (ANI): A report of the Freedom Network launched on the eve of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, said that nearly two dozen journalists in Pakistan were charged in the last two years and most of them were prosecuted under th
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Pakistan among top 10 countries in the world where killers of journalists
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 30 (ANI): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has ranked Pakistan at the ninth spot this year on its annual Global Impunity Index, which spotlights countries where members of the press are singled out for murder and the perpetrators go free.
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Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested in Hong Kong under national se
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 8 (ANI): Beijing's crackdown on pro-democracy protestors continues with impunity. Just a day after police arrested dozens of former lawmakers and opposition activists, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Thursday (local time) over an alleged violat
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UN Chief concerned by attacks on journalists, urges action to tackle impun
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his concern over attacks on journalists in conflict zones worldwide and called for coordinated efforts to address the impunity for such crimes, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a pr
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Journalism associations in Pakistan call for legislation to protect journa
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 3 (ANI): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the Freedom Network on Monday called on the federal government to initiate legislation for the protection of journalists in the country.
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Balochistan facing a pandemic of impunity and abuse of rights, activist te
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Swittzerland], September 29 (ANI): Balochistan is facing a pandemic of impunity and abuse of rights, Baloch activist Munir Mengal told the United Nations on Tuesday while urging the UN working body on enforced disappearances to take appropriate actions to ensure stringent action agai
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'Silence of world community on human rights violations in Balochistan gave
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): The silence of the world community on the large scale human rights violations in the region of Balochistan has given impunity to Pakistan, according to Waja Siddique Azad, the Secretary-General Baloch Peoples Congress (BPC).
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