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Pak: Baloch families continue with sit-in protest for 35th day
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Leading Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) said on Tuesday that Baloch families have been protesting for over a month now against the forced disappearances of BYC leaders.
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Pakistan: Sit-in by families of Baloch missing persons continues in Islama
Updated : 7 months ago IST
A sit-in by families of Balochistan's missing persons in Islamabad entered its 31st day, with demonstrators accusing police of harassment and force. Despite restrictions, they held a seminar condemning enforced disappearances, extrajudicial detentions, and human rights abuses, calling for de
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Protests erupt across PoGB as police, lawyers, and locals voice grievances
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The sit-in conducted by the PoGB police outside the Chief Minister's House has now reached its third day. The police are demonstrating to urge the authorities to raise their allowance in line with the budget for 2025-26. Officers from other districts, including those assigned to protect C
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Seventeenth day of Hunza traders' sit-in brings cross-border movement to a
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The sit-in protest orchestrated by the Pak-China Traders' Alliance Action Committee has reached its 17th consecutive day, showing no indication of conclusion as traders remain resolute in their two-point demands. Political, social, and religious groups from all over Pakistan-occupied Gilgit
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PoGB: Traders sit-in protest on Karakoram Highway enters fourth week, bloc
Updated : 7 months ago IST
A sit-in on the Karakoram Highway has blocked trade between Pakistan and China for 22 days. Protesters demand tax exemptions and clearance of stuck goods in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan. The government's federal committee will meet to resolve the issue, but protesters won't end the str
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Result of "ignorant people" sitting in power: Ram Gopal Yadav on FIR again
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"When ignorant people and those with a petty mindset sit in power in Uttar Pradesh, such things happen every day. Bacche jisse kisi shabd ko sikh jaye, padhane ka vahi tarika sabse accha hota hai [The best method of teaching children is deploying ways through which children can learn (easily
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Amid state intimidation, Baloch families continue sit-in protest demanding
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Families of detained and forcibly disappeared Baloch leaders continued with their sit-in protest in Islamabad despite facing harsh weather conditions and state intimidation, leading the Baloch human rights group, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), reported on Saturday.
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Karnataka BJP chief slams Congress over 'fake drama' on poll irregularitie
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to the media at the BJP state office, Jagannath Bhavan, Vijayendra said that Rahul Gandhi is expected to visit Bengaluru on August 4 or 5 and might stage a protest, padayatra, or sit-in demonstration in Mahadevapura Assembly constituency.
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BYC marks 13th day of Islamabad sit-in, remembers Baloch Raaji Muchi amid
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Balochistan has long been the centre of persistent human rights issues. The area has experienced cycles of violence related to separatist movements, a heavy military presence, forced disappearances, and economic neglect. These challenges have attracted attention from human rights groups, jou
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"They will continue to sit in opposition for next 20 years": Amit Shah sla
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday objected to interruptions of Congress members during speech of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Lok Sabha and said "they will continue to sit there for the next 20 years".
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Baloch families enter 7th day of Islamabad sit-in, demand release of BYC l
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"Today marks the seventh consecutive day of the Islamabad sit-in by Baloch families demanding the release of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders and an end to enforced disappearances in Balochistan," stated the post on X.
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Pakistan: Police reportedly block Baloch protesters in Islamabad as sit-in
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Police in Islamabad on Sunday blocked Baloch protesters from reaching the National Press Club, as a sit-in led by the families of forcibly disappeared persons and leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) entered its fifth consecutive day, The Balochistan Post reported.
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