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Minorities in Pak face persecution, discrimination: Activists
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 27 (ANI): Activists from the Christian minority in Pakistan say they are being persecuted, discriminated and forced to leave the country.
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Pakistani Christians demand equal rights, abolition of blasphemy laws
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 23 (ANI): Pakistani Christians living in Europe and the United Kingdom gathered in front of Palais Wilson, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, and demanded justice and equal rights for the minorities in Pakistan.
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Persecution of Pashtuns in Pakistan highlighted in Geneva
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 13 (ANI): The European Organization for Pakistani Minorities has displayed a photo exhibition in front of United Nations office in Geneva on Pashtun Long March which took place after the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud, a 27-year-old shopkeeper, of Pashtun origi
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Posters outside UN highlight issue of enforced disappearances in Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 11 (ANI): Banners have been put up in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to highlight the grim issue of enforced disappearances in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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Issue of minorities' persecution in Pak to be raised at US Capitol Hill
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sep 01 (ANI): Voice of Karachi (VOK) and South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation (SAMAF) will jointly hold an event at the United States Capitol Hill on September 5 to highlight the issue of religious freedom and minority rights in Pakistan.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Kalash lawmaker vows to fight for minorities
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Aug 14 (ANI): Wazirzada, the first elected member to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from the Kalash minority community, has pledged to fight for the rights of all religious minorities in the province.
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Pak turns into nightmare for minorities: Nadeem Nusrat
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 14 (ANI): The Voice of Karachi (VOK) and South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation (SAMAF) Chairman Nadeem Nusrat has said that relentless suppression of ethnic and religious minorities in certain parts of South Asia, Pakistan in particular, continued to raise ser
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No one's voters, Pakistani Hindu refugees yearn to vote
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) [India], July 24 (ANI): Moru Ram was born in Pakistan and lived there until 2007 when he fled to India, fearing persecution of Hindu minorities.
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Nadeem Nusrat raises concern over plight of Pak's religious minorities
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington, D.C. [USA], Jul 14 (ANI): South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation (SAMAF) chairman Nadeem Nusrat has said that religious and ethnic minorities in Pakistan are facing systematic persecution at the hands of extremist groups, who clearly seem to enjoy Pakistani "deep state's" patr
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India asks Afghanistan to step up security of minorities
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 04 (ANI): India has asked Afghanistan to step up the security of minorities linked to Indian origin in the wake of the Jalalabad attack.
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Nadeem Nusrat welcomes FATF move to keep Pakistan on 'grey list'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): Mohajir activist and the Voice of Karachi chairman, Nadeem Nusrat, has said that the decision of global anti-terror financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), to keep Pakistan on its 'grey list' is a right step in the right direction.
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BJP spreads hatred, communal poison against minorities: Asaduddin Owaisi
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 21 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday blamed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for spreading hatred and communal poison against minorities.
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