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News18
January 8, 2018
New Delhi: Indian and Baloch activists protested outside the Pakistani Embassy in Washington DC on Monday. While India-American ... "When they stole the chappal of a woman (Kulbhushan Jhadav's wife, who went to Pakistan to visit him) who was in distress, I hope they use these also. I want to say oneÃÂ ...
New York Magazine
January 7, 2018
Activists of the Difa-e-Pakistan Council shout anti-U.S. slogans at a protest in Karachi on January 2, 2018. Photo: ASIF ... The problem with labeling Pakistan qua Pakistan a sponsor of terrorism is that it may assume too much about the stability, cohesion, and reach of the Pakistani government. The terroristÃÂ ...
euronews
January 7, 2018
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has ordered 27 international aid groups to shut down for working in unauthorised areas, spurring human rights ... The Save the Children aid group fell afoul of the government in 2011, when it was linked to a Pakistani doctor recruited by the CIA to help in the hunt that led toÃÂ ...
DunyaNews Pakistan (blog)
January 6, 2018
As a peace activist, Raza also happened to be the Lahore convener of the Indo-Pak citizen's led initiative called 'Aaghez-e-Dosti' which seeks to foster cross-border peace and friendship between India and Pakistan through cross-cultural dialogue, exchange of letters and publishing of peace calendars.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
January 5, 2018
Pakistani civil society activists hold portraits of Mashal Khan who was killed by a mob of his fellows students for alleged blasphemy in Lahore in April 2017. ... WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department has singled out Pakistan, Iran, and three Central Asian countries for policies violating religious freedom.
Daily Times
December 26, 2017
Soon after Raza's disappearance, I went back to my university where I used to be a student activist. I graduated a year ago. A former military man handles the security of our university — many educational institutions have in fact put ex-military men in charge of security — a separate department in schoolsÃÂ ...
Global Voices Online
December 16, 2017
On December 2, 2017, human rights activist Raza Mehmood Khan went missing prompting fears for his safety. Khan was last seen at an open event on extremism in the city of Lahore, Pakistan. Khan, aged 40, was a member of the Aghaz-e-Dosti (Beginning Of Friendship) group, which is working towardsÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
December 12, 2017
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in the number of "missing persons" in the past few years. The non-governmental Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said in its 2016 annual report that 728 Pakistanis went missing during the year. In January of this year, renowned rights activist and universityÃÂ ...
The Quint
December 31, 1999
US must disengage with the Pakistani state and designate current and formers members of Pakistani intelligence agencies involved in supporting terror as global terrorists. It should stop giving funds to Pakistan, impose a travel ban on its citizens, but not Balochs, Sindhis and Gilgits. We are not their citizensÃÂ ...
Outlook India
November 10, 2017
8 : Sindhi political activist Shafi Muhammad Burfat, the chairman of the Jiyea ... it is apparent that the Pakistani state is afraid of political voices and the ... The Sindhi political activist emphasised that it is alarming as Pakistan is ...
New York Times
November 10, 2017
LAHORE, Pakistan — For nearly two weeks, Lahore, Pakistan's ... almost 60,000 Pakistanis died from the high level of fine particles in the ... For years, Pakistani environmentalists have referred to November, ... “This is a crisis of data,” said Ahmad Rafay Alam, an environmental lawyer and activist in Lahore.
Voice of America
November 10, 2017
Several thousand Islamists in Pakistan have effectively blocked a main ... Activists of the Tehreek-i-Labaik Yah Rasool Allah party began their ...
Voice of America
November 10, 2017
Pakistan's government has decided to refer 29 cases of terrorism to military courts ... were cleared to be forwarded to military courts,” Iqbal told local Pakistani media. ... regarding the secret courts,” Shama Jonejo, a human rights activist said. ... Rights activists are concerned that suspects accused of ties to ...
Pakistan Christian Post
November 8, 2017
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the government-run ... contents, some rights activists charge that monitoring the internet will be a slippery slope. ... the situation,” Zohra Yusuf, a Pakistani human rights activist, told VOA. ... In some cases, when courts have not charged suspects, Pakistanis have ...
The News International
October 31, 2017
Not only were journalists abducted and thrashed, activists who expressed concerns on social media also went missing for months,” said activist ...
indiablooms
October 31, 2017
Karachi (Pakistan), Oct 30 (ANI): Baloch Human Rights Organisation ... abduction of human rights activist Nawaz Ata Baloch by Pakistani Rangers. The protestors urged all human rights activists to join the hunger strike camp ...
Yahoo Singapore News
October 31, 2017
The shocking murder of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch by her brother ... But, more than a year on, lawyers and activists say honour killings are still ... Dr Farzana Bari, a widely-respected activist and head of the Gender Studies ... Generally Pakistanis will accept a man who has committed rape, ...
gulfnews.com
October 31, 2017
Film on slain Pakistani social activist Perween Rahman wins award in Turkey ... Pakistan's revolutionary social activist Rahman was gunned down at the ... for the women and youth of Orangi and a role model for all Pakistanis.
Arab News
October 30, 2017
Pakistani journalists and civil society activists hold placards against the attack on Ahmed Noorani, a senior journalist of a local newspaper who ...
SAMAA TV News Pakistan
October 28, 2017
ISLAMABAD: Belgian human rights activist and president of a non-profit organization ... Day, the Embassy of Pakistan in Brussels organized a seminar entitled “Resolving ... The event was attended by people in large numbers from Pakistani Belgian and ... Amnesty urges Nisar to protect journalists, activists.
Pakistan Today
October 27, 2017
KARACHI: Sindh Rangers arrested four suspects including a Muttahida Quami Movement-London (MQM-L) activist in various raids carried ...
Pakistan Today
October 26, 2017
A Chinese activist, who was imprisoned after she spoke out about women's ... More than 200 Chinese lawyers and activists were detained or ...
Pakistan Today
October 26, 2017
A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the release on bail of eight human rights activists, including the director of the local branch of Amnesty ...
DAWN.com
October 25, 2017
A sector in-charge of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Dr Naushad, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Hyderabad on ...
BBC News
October 25, 2017
A Pakistani blogger who went missing earlier this year has applied for ... of five liberal social media activists who were abducted in Pakistan in ...
DAWN.com
October 21, 2017
Condemning incidences of PML-N's social media supporters going missing, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has demanded that the interior ...
The Hindu
October 19, 2017
... over 'disappearance' of political activists in Pakistan's Sindh province. ... a human rights activist and head of the Voice for Missing Persons of ...
The Hindu
October 15, 2017
Prominent Pakistani political and human rights activists, intellectuals and journalists gathered in London for a conference this weekend to affirm ...
Pakistan Today
October 12, 2017
An activist is not a person with strong opinions and a will to ... one of hundreds of anti-apartheid activists who died fighting the colonial menace ...
Newsweek
October 9, 2017
Malala Yousafzai, Five Years Later: How a Pakistani Teenager Became a ... fire on a school bus in Pakistan in the hopes of assassinating a 14-year-old girl. ... In 2014, Yousafzai won the award alongside child slavery activist ...
India Today
October 9, 2017
The late Kannada journalist will share this award with Gulalai Ismail, a Pakistani peace activist who has faced death threats for speaking out ...
Geo News, Pakistan
October 9, 2017
The PML-N activists protested against the arrest of Captain (retd) ... as the head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Maryam said, ...
Geo News, Pakistan
October 9, 2017
PESHAWAR: A joint protest rally by the leadership of Pakistan ... Earlier, before the arrival of PTI leaders and activists, the ANP workers ...
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
October 9, 2017
Pakistan criminalized honor killings in 2016, making them punishable by mandatory life sentence. ... between the Taliban and al Qaeda fighters and the Pakistani state, and ... Pakistanis outside the tribal areas, from the general public to the ... Thousands of other activists have held protests both inside and ...
Pakistan Today
October 7, 2017
Sindh Rangers claimed to have arrested five suspected criminals, including a political party member, in different targeted raids in the city in wee ...
Geo News, Pakistan
October 6, 2017
Pakistani rights activist Gulalai Ismail wins Anna Politkovskaya Award ... Ismail, a fearless advocate for girls' education and equality in Pakistan.
Zee News
September 30, 2017
Baloch activists protest against China-Pakistan nexus in Germany ... The protest also involved a brief drama, in which one Baloch activist wore the ... Economic Corridor (CPEC) because they believe that Pakistani and the ...
Financial Express
September 30, 2017
Baloch activists protest against China-Pakistan nexus in Germany ... The protest also involved a brief drama, in which one Baloch activist wore the ... Economic Corridor (CPEC) because they believe that Pakistani and the ...
Geo News, Pakistan
September 27, 2017
KARACHI: A party activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) confessed to brutally killing political opponents, revealed an ...
Gulf Times
September 26, 2017
Fatima Sughra, remembered as the young girl who had hoisted up the Pakistani flag for the very first time, passed away yesterday after an ...
The Express Tribune
September 25, 2017
Renowned Pakistan Movement activist Fatima Sughra passed way after a ... She was a role model for other Muslim women activists, he said, ...
SAMAA TV News Pakistan
September 25, 2017
LAHORE: Renowned Pakistan Movement activist Fatima Sughra passed away at the age of 86 in Lahore. Fatima Sughra replaced the British ...
Business Standard
September 19, 2017
Baloch activists protest outside U.N. against Pakistani atrocities, human rights abuse ... They shouted anti-Pakistan and anti-China slogans and raised ... Nawaz Bugti, an activist from the Baloch Republican Party, told ANI.
Kokomo Tribune
August 24, 2017
... including Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai and Holocaust survivor Eva ... on Yousafzai's efforts to expand education for women in Pakistan.
DAWN.com
August 24, 2017
Rangers present 'dead' MQM-L activist alive to 'expose party's anti-state ... Pakistan Rangers Sindh Spokesperson Maj Qambar Raza,ÃÂ ...
The News International
August 24, 2017
KARACHI: Sindh Rangers on Thursday produced MQM-London's activist Muhammad Yousuf, who had surrendered to them, before media,ÃÂ ...
Pakistan Today
August 21, 2017
US comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, who broke barriers as a performer in the era of segregation and challenged racism throughÃÂ ...
DAWN.com
August 21, 2017
HYDERABAD: Activists of Sindh Progressive Committee (SPC), an alliance of Communist Party of Pakistan, Awami Workers Party, AwamiÃÂ ...
Human Rights Watch
August 21, 2017
Witnesses say that Sario, a 58-year-old human rights activist and head of ... after a review of Pakistan by the United Nations Human Rights Committee, ... in office with measures that would signal to Pakistanis and the world that his ... on the whereabouts of Punhal Sario and other disappeared activists andÃÂ ...
The Sun
August 17, 2017
Pakistani activist and Nobel Prize winner who's going to Oxford University ... Malala is a young woman from Pakistan who has been a long-termÃÂ ...
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