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I am targeted for being a defender of religious minorities, alleges Pak Ch
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 8 (ANI): A Pakistani Christian human rights defender has accused the country's government and security agencies of targetting him and his colleagues for helping the victims of religious violence.
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VoK points out Pak 'hypocrisy' over Kashmir issue
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 27 (ANI): Highlighting Pakistan's hypocrisy, Voice of Karachi (VoK) Chairman Nadeem Nusrat has asked Pakistan to address the discrimination faced by religious minorities and non-Punjabi ethnic groups instead of crying foul over the Kashmir issue.
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World will suffer badly if nothing is done to stop persecution of religiou
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday reminded leaders from across the globe that the world will 'suffer badly' if nothing is done to stop the persecution of the religious minorities.
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31st International Conference on Sindh held in London
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept 29 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) on Saturday hosted an international conference on Sindh in London, where the participants highlighted issues such as enforced disappearances of activists, human rights violations and forced conversion of religious minorities in P
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Kashmiri Pandits, Balochs, Mohajirs gather outside UNHQ to support Modi fo
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 27 (ANI): A large group of Kashmiri Pandits, ethnic and religious minorities like Balochs, Mohajirs and Sindhis have gathered outside the UN headquarters in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is supposed to address the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in
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Protect us from Pak Army, ISI; Muhajir activist appeals to Modi, Trump
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 26 (ANI): Highlighting the atrocities committed against the ethnic and religious minorities in Pakistan, a woman Muhajir activist on Thursday demanded cessation of funding and aid to the "terrorist state" and urged US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Mod
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Switzerland: World Sindhi Congress urges UNHRC to suspend Pak membership u
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], Sept 13 (ANI): Condemning Pakistan for killings and enforced disappearances of the activists and minorities in Sindh, World Sindhi Congress on Thursday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to suspend Islamabad membership until all the abducted people a
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Baloch activist hits out at Pak for 'running' after Kashmir, highlights it
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 12 (ANI): Hitting out at Pakistan government for "running" after Kashmir, a Baloch activist on Wednesday highlighted the atrocities carried out by state agencies against religious minorities in the country.
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US, UK, Canada slam China, Pak for persecuting minorities
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Aug 23 (ANI): At a United Nations meet, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada raised the issue of suppression of religious freedom by China and Pakistan, and slammed the two Asian nations for "persecuting and repressing" their religious minorities.
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Pak authorities using enforced disappearances as tool to crush voices of o
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jun 25 (ANI): A Baloch activist has said that Pakistani state authorities have been using enforced disappearances as a tool to crush the voices of oppressed people like Balochs, Pashtuns, Muhajirs, Sindhis and religious minorities.
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Report of European Parliament exposes worsening condition of minorities in
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 14 (ANI): The European Parliament here has released a report, highlighting the worsening situation of religious minorities in Pakistan, an Asian nation where Muslims are in dominance.
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Concerned over minority persecution, EU threatens to suspend all subsidies
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 2 (ANI): Expressing its concern over "persecution of religious minorities" in Pakistan, the European Union (EU) has threatened to suspend all subsidies and trade preferences to Islamabad if it does not take measures to "dismantle" its "discriminatory system".
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