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UN must intervene to protect minorities from persecution in Pakistan, asks
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): A rights activist from Pakistan, Anila Gulzar has requested the United Nations to intervene and protect the rights of minorities in Pakistan as they have been facing persecution for the past seven decades.
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Pashtuns hold protest at UNHRC against Pakistan army for abducting and kil
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 22 (ANI): Despite COVID-19 restrictions, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Europe organised a protest in front of UNHRC headquarters in Geneva to condemn gross human rights violations in Pakistan.
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European think tank highlights human rights situation in Balochistan, issu
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Aug 21 (ANI): In its report on the human rights situation in Balochistan, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has highlighted findings by the Pakistan Human Rights Commission's (HRCP), that states that enforced disappearances and missing persons remain a re
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Pak-based rights group demands resumption of temple construction in Islama
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan] July 18 (ANI): A Pakistan-based human rights organisation, Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has demanded the resumption of temple construction in Islamabad, which was stopped by pressure from Islamists.
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Imran Khan's government continues to muzzle academicians taking anti-govt
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): Pakistan has always been in the news for committing gross human rights violations. Under the Imran Khan-led democratic government a number of universities have been forced to sack their professors who spoke or supported anti-government campaigns, reported
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Hindu girl in Pakistan forcibly converted, married to abductor
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): In another shocking incident, a minor Hindu girl has been abducted from Pakistan's Sindh province, converted to Islam and married off to her kidnapper.
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'Coronavirus being used by Pakistan as cover for increased human rights ab
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels, [Belgium] May 18 (ANI): The coronavirus crisis, sweeping the world has been used by Pakistan as a cover for increased human rights abuses in many forms, says the EU Chronicle.
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Daughter of missing Pashtun activist lambasts Pakistan for silencing dissi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Talia Khattak, daughter of a prominent human rights defender Idris Khattak, has lambasted Pakistan for silencing dissidents.
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Muzzling Baloch voices: Pakistan bans website of Balochistan rights group
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], May 12 (ANI): Pakistani authorities have imposed an indefinite ban on the official website of Human Rights Commission of Balochistan.
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European Parliamentarians lambast Pakistan for false propaganda on Kashmir
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 3 (ANI): Coming down heavily on Pakistan for peddling false narrative against Kashmir, members of the European Parliament on Monday stated that the country has become a safe haven for breeding terror outfits on its soil who threaten the peace and stability in the re
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PTM activist says Manzoor Pashteen's arrest is show of fascism by Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 6 (ANI): Pakistan championing for the rights of the Kashmiris people but itself violating the fundamental human rights of its own minorities is a show of fascism, a Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) activist has said regarding the arrest of Manzoor Pashteen, the chief of
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China-backed Pak's bid to paint alarmist situation over Kashmir in UNSC wa
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): China-backed Pakistan's attempt on Wednesday to portray an alarmist situation over Kashmir during a closed-door meeting at the United Nations Security Council was toppled by India's diplomatic allies particularly US and France.
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