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Ishaq Dar's Brussels visit faces scrutiny amid Pakistan's rights crisis
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Exiled journalist Taha Siddiqui says Ishaq Dar's Brussels visit comes as the EU prepares to review Pakistan's GSP+ trade benefits amid widespread human rights abuses, political repression, and militancy concerns. He warns that ignoring these violations would undermine Europe's credibility.
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Smuggling and land grabs allegedly driving military profits in Pakistan
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Pakistan Army is accused of running a huge illegal business empire in Balochistan, involving smuggling, corruption, and drug trafficking. Critics say this harms the local people and raises serious concerns about Pakistan's law enforcement and financial regulations, calling for independen
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Pakistan: Campaign launched for safe return of missing Baloch journalist
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Several human rights activists and Baloch leaders announced the launch of a social media campaign to inquire about the whereabouts of Rashid Hussain Brohi, a Baloch journalist and human rights activist missing since 2018.
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Exiled Pak journalist Taha Siddiqui shares his tale in comic book-style au
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Taha Siddiqui, an award-winning journalist who fled Pakistan after escaping a kidnapping attempt, shared his tale in the comic book-style autobiography "Dissident Club," reported France24.
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Pakistani media faces existential crisis as authorities continue to muzzle
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France]/New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Pakistan, which claims to be a Parliamentary republic, is seeing a spike in attacks on the media which has highlighted the looming threat to fundamental freedoms in the country.
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Anti-Shia policies have led to slow genocide: Pak journalist on Peshawar m
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 5 (ANI): Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui on Friday condemned the Peshawar suicide blast, saying that the local media is silent on the religious identity of the explosion that claimed the lives of more than 50 people.
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Exiled Pak journalist calls ban on TLP a 'cosmetic step'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 16 (ANI): A Pakistani journalist living in exile here has raised questions over the Pakistan government's decision to ban Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a hardline religious group with a massive following across Pakistan.
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1.5 tonne heroin from Pakistan seized by Dutch authorities at Rotterdam po
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], February 27 (ANI): The Dutch authorities have seized the biggest single consignment of 1.5 tonnes of heroin packed in a container of Himalayan salt which arrived at Rotterdam port from Pakistan, local media reported.
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LeT, Jaish and other terror groups exploiting COVID-19 to recruit jihadis,
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels /Amsterdam [Belgium], April 13 (ANI): Western anti-terror observers are seeing disturbing signs of terror groups like the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and others like the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) exploiting the COVID-19 turmoil including the economic di
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Activists, experts raise issues of human rights abuse in Balochistan
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 12 (ANI): Political activists, experts and European parliamentarians here discussed deplorable conditions of people in Balochistan on Wednesday (local time).
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Experts show concern over regrouping of terrorists in Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov 25 (ANI): Academicians and South Asia experts have raised concerns over the growth of terror groups and jihadi outfits in Pakistan.
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Pak journalists living under threat for exposing ISI-jihadi groups' nexus
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris, [France], Aug 6 (ANI): Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui, who escaped a kidnapping attempt last year in his country, still feels 'unsafe' as he continues to get threats even after one year.
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