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Kashmir getting ready to showcase its beauty to G20 delegates
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Around 50 delegates are expected to participate in the G-20 meeting in Srinagar, which will allow India to refute Pakistan's claims of human rights violations in the Kashmir Valley.
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Pakistan GSP+ benefits in EU under serious threat: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan has failed the main purpose of the GSP+, which was granted in 2014, not only with regard to human and labour rights but also in bringing equity in society at the cost of EU citizens and the government, according to Geo-Politik.
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EU's employment rate peaks at 75 pc in 2022
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Among the EU countries, 11 had employment rates above 78 per cent (one of the three targets set in the 2030 action plan of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with the Netherlands (83 per cent), Sweden, and Estonia (both 82 per cent) having the highest rates. The lowest rates were recorded
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Afghanistan: Helmand province facing severe drought, farmers under difficu
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Helmand region in Afghanistan is experiencing a severe drought, so some farmers and locals encouraged the Taliban-led interim administration to avoid discussing water rights with Iran, TOLOnews reported.
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Amid humanitarian crisis, UN's World Food Program vows to remain in Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Hsiao-Wei Lee, the head of the UN World Food Programme in Afghanistan, stated on Thursday this week in Berlin, Germany, that the organization had no plans to leave the country, as the people of Afghanistan continue to live miserably.
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Pakistan defeated GSP+ purpose, benefits under serious threat
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan has defeated the purpose of GSP+ not only with regard to human and labour rights, but also in bringing equity in society at the cost of EU citizens and the government, reported Geo-politik.
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Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban's ban on women working for
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Since the Taliban takeover in July 2021, it has rolled back a wide range of human rights of women and girls, including a ban on attending high school and university, restrictions on movement and work, and in December, a decree banning female nationals from working from most NGOs.
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533 Pakistanis were killed in terror attacks in 2022: Human rights report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the flagship annual report on the state of human rights in the country, the data revealed that most of the cases of disappearance are from Balochistan (2115) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (3369).
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UN rights body calls for end of hostilities in residential areas of Sudan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday raised concerns over the ongoing violence in Sudan and said that the hostilities should end from the residential areas of Sudan.
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UN Security Council unanimously adopts UAE and Japan resolution on Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted on Friday a resolution drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan, in their capacities as co-penholders on the Afghanistan file, that condemns the Taliban's decision banning Afghan women from working for the UN in Afghanistan
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China has military-civil fusion strategy, advanced technologies can be use
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid US efforts to clamp down on China's access to advanced technologies that could be used for military purposes, a senior Biden administration official has said that Beijing has a "military-civil fusion strategy" which makes it very difficult for companies to know end users and really adva
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Political instability in Pakistan increased crime: HRCP
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the HRCP, incidents of violence against religious minorities and transgenders, blasphemy cases and incitement have also increased. The HRCP released these details in a report on the human rights situation in Pakistan in 2022 released on Wednesday.
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