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Baloch leader hails Trump for placing Pak on Special Watch List
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): The president of the World Baloch Women's Forum, Prof Naela Quadri Baloch, has hailed United States President Donald Trump's decision to place Pakistan on a Special Watch List for severe violations of religious freedom in the country.
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'Unilateral pronouncements' counterproductive in addressing threats: Pak t
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 5 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday derided United States' assertion that said it was not doing its best to fight terrorism, which also led Islamabad to be placed on 'Special Watch List for severe violations of religious freedom' by Washington.
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US places Pakistan on 'Special Watch List'
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): The United States has placed Pakistan on a special watch list for "severe violations of religious freedom."
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Ahmadiyya community develops Rabwah on its own accord
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Rabwah [Pakistan], Dec 28 (ANI): The Ahmadiyya community, a section that moved its headquarters to Pakistan from India in 1948, purchased a barren stretch of desert land from the government, developing it on their own, naming it Rabwah.
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Trump to sign executive order on religious freedom
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.] May 4 (ANI): In a blow to the LGBT community, and other discriminated communities, the Trump administration is expected to sign an executive order on religious liberty that provides legal protections for people claiming religious exemptions, on Thursday.
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Pak Govt. should urgently investigate abductions of four activists: HRW
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Jan. 10 (ANI): New York-based Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that the Pakistan government should urgently investigate the apparent abductions of four social activists who campaign for human rights and religious freedom.
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U.S. urges Pakistan to protect religious freedom
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec. 10 (ANI): The United States has expressed its concern following reports of raids carried out by Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on the publications and audit offices of the Ahmadiyya community in Punjab province and urged the Governmen
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USCIRF condemns brutal treatment of Ahmadis in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec. 10(ANI): The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has condemned the raid by Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on the publications and audit offices of the Ahmadiyya community in Punjab province.
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China's diktat indicates 'whether there is religious freedom or
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Dec. 9 (ANI): As China recently issued directions to Tibetans and Chinese pilgrims visiting India to come back before 'Kalachakra' (Wheel of Time) initiations by the Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama dubbed the diktat as "sad&
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Dalai Lama dubs China's diktat to pilgrims to return before 'Kal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): As China recently issued directions to the Tibetans and Chinese pilgrims visiting India to come back before 'Kalachakra' (Wheel of Time) initiations by Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama on Thursday dubbed the diktat a
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US expresses concern over rising blasphemy cases in Pak
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi, Aug. 12 (ANI): The U.S. State Department's annual report on International Religious Freedom has expressed concern at the increase in the number of blasphemy cases in Pakistan and the use of such charges as "justification for mob justice" in the country.
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Destruction of Larung Gar 'unfortunate, against basic religious freed
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), Aug. 8 (ANI): Tibetan PM in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, has condemned China for the demolition of Larung Gar, one of Tibet's biggest Buddhist institutions at Sertar County in Eastern Tibet.
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