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PPP asks Maryam Nawaz to "rethink her tone" as row with PML-N widens over
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Tensions between PML-N and PPP escalated after PPP leaders asked Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz to "rethink her tone" over water rights and flood relief. PPP boycotted parliament, while Qamar Zaman Kaira and others criticised Maryam's remarks. Punjab minister Azma Bokhari defended her, accusing PPP
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From Xinjiang to South China Sea, China's actions spark global concern
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Shun Fujiki, Executive Director of the International Career Support Organisation, criticised China's human rights abuses, treatment of minorities, territorial aggression, and influence over aid-dependent nations at the UNHRC sidelines, urging reforms to protect cultural diversity, sovereignt
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Geneva: Baloch journalist exposes Pakistan's brutality: disappearances, ce
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Baloch journalist Bilal Baloch told ANI at the UNHRC that Pakistan's control in Balochistan is collapsing, with daily attacks on military, enforced disappearances, media blackouts, and protests by families of missing persons. He accused Islamabad of "Punjabi hegemony" and vowed Baloch identi
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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan warns of rising exclusion amid minorit
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
HRCP Chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt reminded authorities that the bill was approved by Parliament on May 12, 2025, and has been awaiting presidential assent ever since. Nearly five months later, the Commission noted, there has been no clear explanation for the delay, raising fears of backpedall
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India rips Pakistan over its hypocrisy on human rights, calls it " a coun
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Representing India, diplomat Mohammed Hussain said it was "deeply ironic" that a country with one of the worst human rights records was attempting to lecture others.
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Global voices call for urgent action to safeguard women and children in Pa
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The event, organised by International Support for Human Rights in collaboration with Italia Che Cambia, was attended by Anna Maria Cisint, Member of the European Parliament; Erik Selle, Leader of the Christian Conservative Party in Norway; Fabia Cestelli of Italia Che Cambia; as well as sena
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Multiple civilian deaths, clashes reported as unrest escalates in PoJK
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) turned violent as voices from the region reported civilian deaths, clashes with security forces, and detentions. Social media posts highlighted marches, caravans entering Muzaffarabad, and growing unrest, with activists warning agains
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PoJK, Gilgit-Baltistan activists highlight Pakistan's human rights violati
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan raised concerns over worsening human rights violations in their regions during a side event held on the sidelines of the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Geneva: European lawmakers, experts call to suspend Pakistan's GSP+ over h
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Delivering the keynote address, European Parliament Member Barbara Bonte warned that the EU's economic incentives had unintentionally strengthened radical religious education in Pakistan. She argued that education, which should serve as the foundation of any society, has been undermined by t
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Joint Action Committee USA to stage protest at Pakistan Consulate over rig
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Joint Action Committee USA is planning to stage a protest at the Pakistan Consulate to express solidarity with the people of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and to condemn human rights violations in the region.
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Delhi HC observes deepfake content infringes on personality rights of Sri
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Court held that a prima facie case was established in favour of the plaintiff and emphasised that failure to restrain such acts would cause serious damage to his reputation and identity.
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China's pressure on French museums sparks UN warning over Tibet's 'erasure
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights has raised serious concerns over the erasure of the word Tibet from French museum collections, cautioning that the replacement with Beijing-endorsed terms such as "Xizang" and "Himalayan World" undermines Tibetans' cultural heritage an
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