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Pakistan: Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement appeals to UN for immediate release of
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In a letter penned to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the PTM has "strongly condemned the abortive assassination attempt by the Pakistan Army and subsequent illegal arrest of PTM Leader, well-known human rights activist Manzoor Pashteen, by joint ISI-Police operation in Chaman dis
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Activist critical of Pakistan army goes 'missing', allegedly picked up by
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The founder of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (Pashtun Protection Movement or PTM) rights group was arrested by police on Monday for allegedly firing on police vehicles, Chaman Deputy Commissioner Raja Athar Abbas was quoted as saying as per per Pakistan-based Dawn newspaper.
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Geneva: Activists protest outside UN office against inhuman treatment of A
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Activists of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Europe staged a protest outside the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) building in Geneva to denounce the crackdown and forced deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
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Deportation of undocumented Afghans alters Balochistan's socio-economic la
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The majority of those identified for forced repatriation were Pashtun, many of whom had seamlessly integrated into local Pashtun communities in the province. Their abrupt departure has not only disrupted their lives but also affected the communities that had embraced them.
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Pakistan: Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party calls public meeting in Quetta on
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A public meeting will be held in Pakistan's Quetta on December 2 to address the injustice faced by Pashtuns in the country, Pakistan vernacular media Urdu Point reported.
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Pak: Over 1,700 Afghan immigrants held in ongoing crackdown
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The caretaker Home Minister retired Brigadier Haris Nawaz, disclosed this information while also announcing plans for the deportation of all undocumented immigrants living in Sindh.
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Issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa echoed
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Baloch and Pashtun political activists have raised the growing issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan during the 54th Session of UN Human Rights Council Session on Friday.
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At UN, rights activists lambast Pak Army for suicide blasts, targeted kill
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, on the sidelines of the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, two rights activists explained the pattern of terrorist attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying they mostly happened in areas where people “do not want their government.”
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Sindhis, Baloch and Pashtun activists at UN accuse Pakistan of violating h
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Hidayat Ullah Bhutto, Organiser of UK and Europe, World Sindhi Congress said in his intervention, “Although violence against Sindhi Hindus has been a dark thread in Pakistan's history, forcing approximately 80% of them to flee their ancestral homeland since the country’s inception. However,
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Geneva: Pashtuns hold anti-Pakistan protest over human rights violations
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) organised a protest rally in Geneva accusing Pakistan army for sponsoring terrorism and carrying out gross human rights violations.
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Pakistan: Pashtun leaders to hold ‘Islamabad Jalsa’ today against atrociti
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Pashtun leaders in Pakistan to hold ‘Islamabad Jalsa’ on Friday in front of the Pakistan Supreme Court to raise the issue of the “atrocities” against ethnic communities.
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Vienna: Afghanistan cultural association protests in front of UN office to
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Afghanistan Cultural Association (AKIS) in collaboration with Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) organised a protest in Austria's Viena on Monday to mark the anniversary of Taliban rule in the country.
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