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Pakistan called out for ethnic cleansing in PoJK, PoGB at UN Rights Counci
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), speaker Fidencie Izabayo, from an international NGO, Reveil communautaire d'assistance aux victims, based in Burundi, raised alarm over what she described as Pakistan's "grave and deliberate crime against humanity" in Pa
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Human rights body holds Pakistan responsible for flood crisis
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the disaster cannot be dismissed as a purely natural calamity; instead, it is the outcome of reckless planning, illegal land occupation, deforestation, corruption, and the government's persistent failure to act on climate change.
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"Should uphold national interest": NCP-SCP leader Supriya Sule on VP polls
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"Why talk about this (cross-voting)? This is such a big election. The question is not just about a party, the post should be occupied by an individual who upholds national interest," Sule, who is set to vote in the VP election, told ANI here.
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Activist condemns PoJK's unprecedented police deployment to crush peaceful
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan-occupied Jammu-Kashmir (PoJK) Activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has vehemently denounced the decision made by the PoJK authorities to deploy 567 platoons of reserve police in a desperate manoeuvre to quash the demands of the Joint Awami Action Committee.
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PoGB: Dirty water in Astore triggers health crisis, road blockade by loca
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Residents of Astore in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan protested over contaminated water, citing a rise in menstrual health problems among women. Blocking traffic to demand action, locals called on authorities to ensure safe water, while officials assured them their grievances would be ad
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Pakistan: Flood-hit residents in PoGB demand urgent road restoration as cr
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Residents of flood-affected areas in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) have voiced deep frustration over government inaction as road closures continue to isolate entire communities. According to Media Lens, for the past 15 days, people in Phandar and Yaseen have been cut off from ess
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Jerusalem protesters set fires, occupy buildings near Israeli parliament
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Protesters demanding the release of hostages held in Gaza set fires to garbage bins and occupied buildings in Jerusalem on Wednesday, prompting strong condemnation from Israeli government officials and police intervention to restore order.
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Illegal constructions, weak drainage systems worsen PoJK's disaster vulner
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
People in Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK) are raising alarm over illegal constructions in PoJK. An official in PoJK, Khalid Mahmood Mirza, has raised concerns that the unchecked rise of the illegal construction along natural watercourses is creating dangerous consequences for communit
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Pakistan: Severe flood causes havoc across PoGB
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A severe flood has caused havoc across Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), leaving a trail of destruction and despair. Entire villages have been cut off, families displaced, and vital infrastructure destroyed. The government has failed to provide any substantial assistance during thei
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Oppressed nations rally in London, submit memorandum to UK PM on Internati
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, leaders and activists of Sindhi, Baloch, Pashtun, Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK), and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) communities staged a massive protest outside 10 Downing Street, demanding global atten
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"When we take PoK back, our objective will be achieved...": Uma Bharti lau
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
BJP leader and former Union Minister Uma Bharti on Friday said that taking Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir back is on everybody's mind in the country, and when it is done, "our objective will be achieved."
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PoGB's business leaders demand restoration of border trade rights, warn of
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Business leaders in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan [PoGB] have raised serious concerns over the suspension of the Pakistan-China border trade and the imposition of new customs policies, calling the move an "injustice" and a violation of their internationally recognised rights.
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