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Pakistan: Sit-in protest against killing of Sikh shopkeepers in Peshawar
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Many people from the Sikh community in Pakistan staged a sit-in on the Grand Trunk Road outside the historic Qilla Bala Hisar to protest against the murder of two Sikh men, who were gunned down in the city of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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India registers protest over 'brutal killing' of Sikh traders in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): India on Sunday called upon Pakistan to take strict action against those responsible for brutal killing of Sikh traders in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Pakistan PM condemns killing of Sikh shopkeepers in Peshawar, orders inqui
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday "strongly condemned" the killing of two Sikh shopkeepers in the city of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while also ordering a high-level inquiry into the incident.
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Pakistan witnesses unprecedented rise in attacks and arrests against Shia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 18 (ANI): Pakistan has witnessed an unprecedented rise in attacks and arrests against its Shia minority, who make up between 15 per cent and 20 per cent of the Sunni-majority country, a media report said on Thursday.
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Some people indulging in communal, criminal competition to spread misinfor
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): In a veiled attack at Congress amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said some people have decided in indulge in "communal and criminal competition" to misinform people on the uniform.
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Muslims in India enjoy equal rights, says Kashmiri political activist Agha
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 13 (ANI): A noted Kashmiri political activist on Thursday said Muslims in India enjoy freedom and perform their religious rituals freely, but in Pakistan, minorities are facing persecution.
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Pakistan: NCHR members seek inclusion of minorities in policymaking proces
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], December 15 (ANI): National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) members have stressed the need for taking non-Muslims on board in the legislative and policymaking process during a consultative meeting on the rights of minority groups held here on Monday.
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UK's parliamentary group report pulls apart Islamabad's complicity, culpab
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], November 30 (ANI): The United Kingdom's All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities has severely criticized the role of Islamabad in a steadily deteriorating human rights situation of minorities in the country.
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Pakistan underscores yet another abyss, undercounts minorities in census
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 2 (ANI): Minorities in Pakistan have accused the government of undercounting them in the sixth Population and Housing Census, according to a media report.
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Pakistan's minorities in shambles, continue to suffer
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan has failed to uphold the promise which was everything for minorities that is safeguarding fundamental rights and freedom of religious minorities which was promised on August 11, 1947, but they still continue to suffer.
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Pakistan's minority communities overlooked by mainstream media
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): Religious and ethnic minorities have been overlooked in Pakistan's mainstream media due to reporting priorities in the industry being dictated by commercial interests rather than human rights or public good.
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Pakistan: 12 policemen fired over 'negligence' during Karak's Hindu temple
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Karak (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], January 14 (ANI): At least 12 Pakistani policemen have been fired from their job for showing "negligent and irresponsible behaviour" during the attack on Hindu temple, which was vandalised and set on fire by an angry mob, in Karak district of Khyber Pak
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