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Pakistan: Karachi man arrested for harassing woman
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): A Karachi man was arrested on Tuesday for harassing a woman in Sharah-e-Faisal area while she was travelling in a rickshaw.
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NHRC submits report on Bengal post-poll violence says, "Violent incidents
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 15 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in its report on the alleged post-election violence in West Bengal submitted to Calcutta High Court states that "Spatio-temporal expanse of violent incidents in the state reflects appalling apathy of th
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Pakistani model Nayab found dead at home in Lahore
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 11 (ANI): Pakistani model Nayab Nadeem was found dead at her residence in Lahore's Defence area on Sunday.
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US ramps up COVID-19 vaccines delivery to Latin America to counter Chinese
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 10 (ANI): Looking to kill two birds with one stone, the United States is increasing the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Latin American countries to address the region's health plight and curtail China's bid to exert its influence through vaccine exports.
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Pakistan: Islamic Council halts legislation on Domestic Violence Bill
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 10 (ANI): The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Friday halted legislation on Domestic Violence Bill in 2020 saying the Islamic constitutional body needs to review and gave its findings to the Pakistan government.
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HRCP report rings alarm over plight of women in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 6 (ANI): The annual report of State of Human Rights in Pakistan released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) for the year 2020 has set alarm bells ringing over the plight of women in the country.
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Photo exhibition outside UNHRC in Switzerland highlights human rights viol
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): A three-day-long photo and poster exhibition in front of the United Nations office in Geneva has highlighted the plight of indigenous Baloch people in Pakistan's largest and resource-rich province of Balochistan.
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SC says plea seeking equal participation of students with disabilities in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered listing before another Bench, a petition seeking direction to the Centre to issue specific guidelines to all States, UTs and academic institutions to ensure that students with disabilities participate equally with others
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Plea in SC seeks equal participation of students with disabilities in onli
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre to issue specific guidelines to all States, Union Territories and academic institutions as to ensure that students with disabilities participate equally with others in online clas
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Adhir Ranjan urges Mamata to form new department for welfare of Bengali mi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 15 (ANI): West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, requesting her to create a new department exclusively dedicated to the welfare of the West Bengal migrants in view of the "sad plight" they fa
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PM Imran Khan 'deaf, dumb, blind' to plight of citizens says Bilawal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday lashed out at the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for the proposed budget for FY 2021-22 calling PM Imran Khan "deaf, dumb, and blind" to the plight of the
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COVID-19: NHRC directs Centre to take appropriate action within 8 weeks to
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday quizzed the Secretaries of various Central Ministries including Home, Health and Family Welfare, and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, over the plight of millions of homeless people and street childr
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