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Pakistan: 11 killed, 15 injured in Kohat Shia-Sunni clash
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 26 (ANI): At least 11 people were killed and 15 injured in a Shia-Sunni clash in Kohat Division's Kurram District on Monday.
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Pak presence in rights council 'intolerable': UN-accredited NGO
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): Pakistan's presence in the United Nations Human Rights Council is "intolerable" given its rights record, said Geneva-based NGO UN Watch, adding that religious minorities in the south Asian country suffer from discrimination, sectarian violence and forced co
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Surge in sectarian violence targeting minorities in Pakistan threatens new
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): There has been a surge in sectarian violence in Pakistan in recent days with state-backed extremists targeting minorities including Shias and the Ahmadi community.
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Establish global commission to stop sectarian violence against Shias in Pa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): The All India Shia Husaini Fund (AISHF) has written to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressing concerns over the rise in attacks against Shia Muslims and other minorities in Pakistan and demanded the formation of
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Sea of people at Anti-Shia protest jolts Pakistan's Karachi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 12 (ANI): Thousands of people staged an anti-Shia demonstration in Pakistan's Karachi, sparking fears that it could lead to a fresh round of sectarian violence in the country.
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Sri Lanka reacts to UN Special Advisers' statement on sectarian violence
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 27 (ANI): Rohan Perera, Sri Lanka's permanent representative to the United Nations, on Sunday, criticised two UN representatives for expressing alarm over the "growing acts of violence on the basis of religion," particularly in the North Western Province of the count
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Specialised task force announced to combat religious violence in Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyidaw, July 18 (ANI): The Myanmar Government has announced the launch of a crisis committee in an attempt to check extremism and hate speech, amid an upsurge in sectarian violence that saw two mosques destroyed by Buddhist mobs.
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