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India slams Pakistan at UNHRC, warns against spreading propaganda, attempt
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Indian diplomat said that the democracy of India is mature enough to address any issues, including those instigated from outside. He said that minorities in Pakistan face blasphemy laws, systemic persecution, discrimination, denial of basic rights and freedoms, enforced disappearances and ki
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"No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakista
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Using its right to reply, India's representative Seema Pujani slammed her Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar and said, "No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakistan today. The Ahmadiya community continues to be persecuted by the state for simply practisi
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Religious minorities in Pakistan face problems in obtaining national ID ca
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The findings of the study were discussed at the Access to Justice Conference organised by the Legal Aid Society, in collaboration with the National Commission of Human Rights.
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Pakistan giving blind eye toward atrocities on minorities: Report
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A month back, Pakistan raised objections against the Bill that was meant to protect the rights of minorities in Pakistan. Pakistan's Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony raised several objections to the Bill that was drafted by the Federal Ministry of Human Rights.
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Pak: Human Rights body condemns murder of Christian minor girl, urged aut
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Human Right Focus Pakistan condemned the murder of a Christian girl, who was kidnapped on December 25 while she was coming back from the hospital with her father.
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Pakistan's ill-treatment of minorities under scanner after UK sanctions Si
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The International Forum For Rights And Security (IFFRAS) said this latest sanction, once again highlighted the precarious situation of minorities in Pakistan. Sanction on Mian, described as a "controversial Sindhi pir" by Dawn, was part of a new wave of sanctions that targets corrupt actors,
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Pakistan's civil society protests forceful conversion of minor girls to Is
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Highlighting the plight of religious minorities in Pakistan, a human rights group in a fresh report laid bare the rising number of cases of abduction, forced faith conversion, forced and child marriage of girls belonging to the minority Christian community.
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Pakistan's religious minorities face severe marginalization in all aspects
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The United States on December 2, 2022, designated Pakistan, along with China, Iran and Russia, as countries of particular concern under the Religious Freedom Act over severe violations, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Pakistan 'uninhabitable' for gender minorities as transgenders continue to
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan remains uninhabitable for the gender minorities asTransgenders continue to live a life of misery in the South-Asian country and the violence against them goes largely unnoticed. According to data from the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Pakistan saw the killings of at lea
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Hindu community in Pakistan protests against desecration of remains of Hin
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], October 3 (ANI): The Hindu community in Pakistan marched on the roads of Balochistan province in protest against the alleged desecration of the remains of a Hindu woman's body burnt in the Shamshan Ghat.
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Protest erupts in Pakistan over alleged assault on Hindu woman
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): Minorities in Pakistan protested against an alleged assault on a Hindu woman over a false accusation of theft, local media reported.
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Journalist arrested for reporting plight of Hindu flood victims in Pakista
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): Pakistan Police arrested a journalist for allegedly reporting on the plight of Pakistani Hindus trapped in the ongoing floods in Pakistan's Sindh province. These affected people later claimed that they were deprived of basic resources to survive the
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