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Those going to temple, gurdwara are migrating from Pak, Bangladesh to Indi
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Silchar (Assam) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): Criticising the Congress party for not thinking about religious minorities before the partition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that today the situation is such that the people going to temple and gurdwara are leaving Pakistan and Bang
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US criticises Pak for discriminatory policies against minorities
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 17 (ANI): The United States on Sunday criticised Pakistan for using discriminatory policies against Ahmadiyya community and other religious minorities including Sikhs, Christians, and Shias.
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MEP expresses concerns over EU Commission funding Pakistani extremists
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Nov 10 (ANI): A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) has shown concerns over EU Commission providing trade subsidies and grants to Pakistan, a country that is supporting terrorism and targeting religious minorities.
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Ethnic groups, minorities facing human rights violations in Pakistan: Alta
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Oct 24 (ANI): Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) founder and leader Altaf Hussain said that it's now widely known that all forms of terrorism and religious extremism are born in Pakistan. He stated that all ethnic linguistic groups and religious minorities, for decades, have been fa
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US reaffirms support for Iraqi persecuted minorities
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 17 (ANI): United States Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan met Iraqi religious leaders to reaffirm the US' commitment to assisting religious minorities, including Yazidis and Christians, who have been persecuted by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (
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US announces financial assistance to support Iraq's ethnic, religious mino
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 17 (ANI): The United States has announced over USD 178 million in assistance to support ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Kalash lawmaker vows to fight for minorities
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Aug 14 (ANI): Wazirzada, the first elected member to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from the Kalash minority community, has pledged to fight for the rights of all religious minorities in the province.
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Pak turns into nightmare for minorities: Nadeem Nusrat
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 14 (ANI): The Voice of Karachi (VOK) and South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation (SAMAF) Chairman Nadeem Nusrat has said that relentless suppression of ethnic and religious minorities in certain parts of South Asia, Pakistan in particular, continued to raise ser
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Nadeem Nusrat raises concern over plight of Pak's religious minorities
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington, D.C. [USA], Jul 14 (ANI): South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation (SAMAF) chairman Nadeem Nusrat has said that religious and ethnic minorities in Pakistan are facing systematic persecution at the hands of extremist groups, who clearly seem to enjoy Pakistani "deep state's" patr
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Pak in deeper isolation if minorities issue remains unaddressed: Nusrat
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 19 (ANI): South Asia Minority Alliance Foundation (SAMAF) Chairman Nadeem Nusrat has warned that Pakistan would plunge into further diplomatic isolation if immediate measures are not taken to address the grievances of the country's ethnic and religious mino
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Pak minorities being persecuted by Islamic terrorists
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan]/Geneva [Switzerland], May 5 (ANI): Minorities in Pakistan are facing persecution by the state and non-state actors, says Dr.Iftikhar Ayaz, Ambassador of the UK-based Universal Peace Federation.
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US must stop Pak's Pashtun crackdown: Activist
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], April 22 (ANI): A United States-based advocacy group, the Voice of Karachi, has requested Washington to exert pressure on Pakistan to stop its alleged human rights violations against the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) and other groups representing that nation's e
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