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Pakistan wins UNHRC seat
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.] Oct 17 (ANI): Pakistan on Monday won a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by more than two thirds vote when the General Assembly elected 15 countries to serve on the 47-member body.
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MDMK staged protest over Sinhalese objection to Vaiko's speech
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 27(ANI): Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) party member on Wednesday staged protest outside Sri Lankan High Commissioner over Sinhalese objection to MDMK general secretary Vaiko's speech at a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meet.
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After India, Afghanistan slams Pakistan over decades-long terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A], September 26 (ANI): Afghan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani said that Afghanistan has been suffering due to the terrorism and extremism exported by neighbouring Pakistan across the border for decades.
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Kashmiri activist raises Pakistan's conspiracy of injecting communalism in
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Sept. 23 (ANI): Intervening the debate at the ongoing 36th session of Human Rights Council, Junaid Qureshi, Director European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) based in Amsterdam, on Friday raised the issue of well-hatched conspiracy by Pakistan of injecting com
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Activists flags off issue of Pakistan atrocities on Kashmiris in Geneva
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Sept. 23 (ANI): Junaid Qureshi, Director European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) based in Amsterdam, on Friday raised the concern of the Pakistani atrocities on Kashmiris and asked that for how long the international community will allow Islamabad to get Kas
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Human rights activists raise concern over CPEC project in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Sept. 23 (ANI): Human Rights activists came in support of Balochistan at a side-event at the ongoing 36th session of Human Rights Council here to highlight the growing atrocities of Pakistan on the indigenous people of Balochistan and deteriorating human rights situation
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Pakistan exposed as terror promoting state in Geneva
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 21 (ANI): A series of protests and events were held in Geneva by activists from Balochistan, Sindh and Pakistan occupied-Kashmir during the ongoing 36th Session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to expose Islamabad as a terror promoting state.
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Terror incidents in the West have roots in Pakistan, say scholars at U.N.
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 20 (ANI): Accusing Pakistan of harbouring and funding terror outfits responsible for violent incidents in the West and South Asia, the scholars at the United Nations have asked Islamabad to act.
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Miffed with anti-Pakistan protests in Geneva, Islamabad accuses Switzerlan
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Sept 20 (ANI): In a Bizarre Development here at the 72nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Pakistan Government has accused the Swiss Government of supporting terrorism.
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Miffed with anti-Pak protests in Geneva, Islamabad accuses Switzerland of
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Sept 19 (ANI): In a Bizarre Development here at the 72nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Pakistan Government has accused the Swiss Government of supporting terrorism.
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India asserts situation in Rakhine State be handled with restraint, focuss
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 19 (ANI): India on Tuesday said that the situation in the Rakhine state should be handled with restraint, focussing on the welfare of the civilian population, at the 36th Session of the United States Human Rights Council.
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Over 90 per cent Baloch willing to vote for 'freedom', says Khan of Kalat
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 19 (ANI): Mir Suleman Dawood Jan, the 35th Khan of Kalat who is currently in self-exile has claimed that if referendum is being carried out in Balochistan, over 90 percent of the locals will vote in favour of freedom.
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