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Lahore blast: Pak's counter-terror dept conducts raids in Punjab province
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Thursday conducted raids across different cities of the country's Punjab province in connection with the Lahore blast, local media reported.
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Vulnerable groups hit hardest by Covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan's Punjab pr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): An annual report on the state of human rights in Pakistan during 2020 underscores the extent to which the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the shortcomings of the healthcare sector, both in terms of preparedness and access to facilities.
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US adds 5 Chinese companies to export restrictions list over rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 24 (ANI): The United States has put five Chinese companies on its Entity List that restricts their ability to receive exports, over human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang province.
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Man killed, 24 injured in violence between police, tribesmen in Pak's Khyb
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): A man was killed and 24 others suffered injuries in violence between police and tribesmen in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday.
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At least 4 injured in explosion in Pakistan's Lahore
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): At least four people were injured in a blast that was reported in a residential area of Pakistan's Punjab province on Wednesday, local media reported.
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Grave concerns raised about 'Uyghur genocide' in China at UN rights counci
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 23 (ANI): Expressing grave concerns over the "Uyghur genocide" in China's Xinjiang province, Canada delivered a joint statement on behalf of 42 countries at the UN Humans Rights Council on Tuesday.
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Soldier sent by Pakistan Army arrested for fighting alongside Taliban in A
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 22 (ANI): The Afghan intelligence agency on Tuesday arrested a Pakistan army officer, who was sent to Paktia province in Afghanistan by Pakistan forces to fight alongside Taliban and conduct "destructive activities" in the country, local media reported citing an off
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Incidents of Crime, missing persons increased in 2020 in Sindh province, s
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Incidents of missing persons and crime increased in Sindh province in the year 2020, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).
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Afghan citizens take up arms to fight Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 22 (ANI): Amid the unrelenting violence in Afghanistan, people in various provinces throughout the worn-torn country have taken up arms to fight the Taliban.
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ISIS links case: NIA opposes bail plea of Kashmiri woman suspected of prom
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency has opposed the bail petition of a Kashmiri woman, arrested last year with her husband and others for alleged links to the Khorasan Module of ISIS.
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14 Taliban terrorists killed in Afghan air force overnight airstrike
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Fourteen Taliban terrorists were killed after the Afghan Air Force targeted a group's hideout in the country's northern province of Samangan on Monday night, the country's Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday.
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UN rights chief seeks 'meaningful access' to Xinjiang this year
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said that she hopes to agree on terms with China for a visit this year to Xinjiang province, to look into reports of serious abuse against Uyghurs.
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