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Pakistan's classic trait of denying persecution of minorities
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
This is not the first time that the United States has called out the role of Pakistan government and other institutions in suppressing the identity and curtailing the rights of minorities.
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Daughter of slayed Pakistani politician, Sara Taseer refuses to sign anti-
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Sara Taseer, the daughter of assassinated Pakistani politician Salman Taseer refused to sign the anti-Ahmadi passport statement.
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Pakistan's legal system needs 'urgent reform' to protect safety, dignity o
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 1 (ANI): Amid the persecution of minorities in Pakistan, the legal system of the country is in need of urgent reform to protect the safety and dignity of the minorities including the Ahmadi community, according to a media report.
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Atrocities against women continues in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): The targeting of religious minorities, especially women, has been continuing in Pakistan recently a Hindu girl returned to her family after enduring two years of gang rape by her abductors, local media reported.
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Pakistan uses blasphemy laws to persecute its minorities
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): The minorities in Pakistan are constantly being murdered and subjected to inhuman brutalities in the name of blasphemy, conversion to Islam and other sectarian differences.
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Persecution of minorities under blasphemy continues in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): The targeting of religious minorities has been continuing in Pakistan under blasphemy as a large number of innocent persons who have lost their lives, homes and their terrorized families dispersed, according to media reports.
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India will stand by its commitment to Afghan Sikhs, Hindus: NSA Doval
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): India will sympathetically look at cases of members of the minority community in Afghanistan applying for visas, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has said and noted that New Delhi will stand by its commitment to Sikhs and Hindus in the neighbouring count
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Concern rising over persecution of minorities in Malaysia
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 18 (ANI): Persecution and sectarianism against minorities in Malaysia including those of the Shia and Ahmadis depict the worsening human rights situation in the country, according to an analysis.
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Afghanistan: Taliban close offices of two Shiite clerics in Ghazni
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 7 (ANI): The Taliban on Monday closed the offices of Ayatollah Mohammad Ishaq Fayyaz and Ayatollah Mohaqeq Kabuli, two Shiite clerics in Ghazni.
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Lord Rami Ranger slams Pakistan in British Parliament over religious perse
Updated : 4 years ago IST
London [UK], May 18 (ANI): Lord Rami Ranger raised the issue of persecution of minorities in Pakistan in the British Parliament in view of the recent killing of Sikh traders in Peshawar.
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Activists raise issue of minority rights in Pakistan during protest outsid
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 16 (ANI): Political activists and human rights defenders participated in a protest in front of the United Nations office in Geneva on Wednesday to raise the issue of persecution of minorities in Pakistan.
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Greek MEP Emmanouil Fragkos lambasts Pakistan for persecution of minoritie
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 11 (ANI): Greek Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Emmanouil Fragkos lambasted Pakistan over the ongoing persecution of minorities.
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