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Imran Khan blames Opposition for COVID-19 spread as fatalities cross 8000
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] November 30 (ANI): As Pakistani authorities struggle to tackle the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Imran Khan hit out at the opposition parties, calling it the 'main problem' in combating the spread of the virus.
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Freed PoK activist Baba Jan thanks Gilgit Baltistan people for 'fighting'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], November 28 (ANI): Political activist Baba Jan, who was released on Friday after a decade of unlawful imprisonment by Pakistani authorities, thanked people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and rights activists for holding protests for his release and said he would have
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Rights bodies urge Pak authorities to probe violence against Ahmadiyyas
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 26 (ANI): Pakistani authorities should urgently and impartially investigate a surge in violent attacks on members of the Ahmadiyya religious community, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said on Thursday. The a
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UN experts: Pakistan must end enforced disappearance of human rights defen
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): UN human rights experts today called on the Pakistani authorities to end the secret detention of human rights defender Idris Khattak, who has not been heard from in more than nine months.
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Watchdog warns Pak authorities against threatening journalists living abro
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 11 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based non-profit organisation, has warned Pakistani authorities from targetting the country's journalists based abroad and if anything happens to them or their families, the authorities will be held responsible.
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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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Pak authorities should urgently reform 'draconian' blasphemy laws: Europea
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 07 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan's blasphemy laws lead to "grave miscarriages of justice", a European think tank asked Pakistani authorities to urgently reform the blasphemy laws by repealing the existent provisions and drafting new legislation.
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Pak authorities issue order to prevent release of Daniel Pearl's killers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], Mar 03 (ANI): Pakistani authorities on Friday issued an emergency order to prevent the release of four men convicted of murdering US journalist, Daniel Pearl.
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COVID-19 crisis: Pak authorities sell relief materials, meant for poor, to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mirpur [PoK], April 2 (ANI): Pakistani authorities are selling to retail stores in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) the relief material and essential food items, which are actually meant for the poor during Covid-19 crisis.
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Pakistan hands over 20 released fishermen to Indian authorities at Wagah b
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Attari (Punjab) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Pakistani authorities on Monday handed over 20 Indian fishermen, as a goodwill gesture, to their Indian counterparts at the Attari-Wagah border.
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SAD wants Pak to probe sabotage angle in Gurdwara Panja Sahib fire
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sirsa (Haryana) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) feels that the fire at Pakistan's Gurdwara Panja Sahib on Thursday was an act of sabotage by Pakistani authorities.
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Indian couple denied permission to offer prayers at Sharada Peeth in PoK
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): A Hong-Kong based Indian couple, who visited Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), was denied permission to offer prayers at Sharada Peeth, a Hindu temple in Neelam Valley, by the Pakistani authorities.
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