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Pak Rights Body Raises Concern Over Forced Conversions Of Girls
Pakistan's independent human rights watchdog on Monday raised concerns about incidents of forced conversions and marriages of Hindu and Christian girls, saying around 1,000 such cases were reported just in the southern Sindh province alone last year.
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Father Beheads Daughter And Boyfriend For "Honour" In Pakistan
An 18-year-old girl was beheaded along with her 21-year-old boyfriend in Pakistan by her father and uncle, in what the police are calling yet another incident of honour, the media reported today.
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Did Pakistani Security Agents Kidnap Bloggers To Make A Point?
In the space of a few days last month, five Pakistani bloggers - all known as left-leaning social-media activists - were abducted and vanished into unknown hands. After a domestic and international outcry, the missing men suddenly reappeared this month - safe and unharmed, but just as mysteriously.
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'Grave Apprehensions' Over Karachi Situation: Pak Rights Body
Pakistan's rights watchdog today expressed "grave apprehensions" over the prevailing human rights and security situation in the country's largest city which it said has aggravated in recent months.
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Pakistan's Anti-Terror Fight Enters New Phase Despite Rights Fears
Pakistan's army is preparing for a final push in the coming weeks in its fight against militants, but there are concerns that rights are being rolled back in the name of defeating terror.
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Pakistan Imposes One Month Moratorium on Executions: Officials
Pakistan has imposed a one month moratorium on executions during Ramadan, officials said today, providing temporary reprieve for a death row prisoner whose lawyers claim he was a juvenile at the time of the crime.
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'Unsilencing Pakistan'
An "intellecticide" continues in Pakistan, says Beena Sarwar.
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Anger in Pakistan Over Karachi Police 'Executions'
Sohail Ahmed was picked up last December by a bunch of burly men outside his local mosque in Karachi and shoved into an SUV. It was the last time his family saw him alive.
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Violence against Pakistan minorities rising alarmingly: rights group
Sectarian killings rose by more than a fifth in Pakistan last year, a leading rights group said Thursday, warning of an alarming increase in violence against religious minorities.
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The 10-year-old victim of Pakistan's 'forgotten war'
At 10-years-old, Chakar Baloch had his whole life before him when unknown men kidnapped him near a market in Pakistan's troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan.
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US drones killed 957 Pakistani civilians in 2010: Report
A total of 957 Pakistani civilians were killed in American drone attacks in the country 2010, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said in its annual report on Thursday.The report that focused on human rights violations in the country also laid an emphasis on terror attacks in 2010, according to Xinhua.It said terrorist attacks in Pakistan left ...
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Pak Rights Body Raises Concern Over Forced Conversions Of Girls
Pakistan's independent human rights watchdog on Monday raised concerns about incidents of forced conversions and marriages of Hindu and Christian girls, saying around 1,000 such cases were reported just in the southern Sindh province alone last year.
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Father Beheads Daughter And Boyfriend For "Honour" In Pakistan
An 18-year-old girl was beheaded along with her 21-year-old boyfriend in Pakistan by her father and uncle, in what the police are calling yet another incident of honour, the media reported today.
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Did Pakistani Security Agents Kidnap Bloggers To Make A Point?
In the space of a few days last month, five Pakistani bloggers - all known as left-leaning social-media activists - were abducted and vanished into unknown hands. After a domestic and international outcry, the missing men suddenly reappeared this month - safe and unharmed, but just as mysteriously.
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'Grave Apprehensions' Over Karachi Situation: Pak Rights Body
Pakistan's rights watchdog today expressed "grave apprehensions" over the prevailing human rights and security situation in the country's largest city which it said has aggravated in recent months.
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Pakistan's Anti-Terror Fight Enters New Phase Despite Rights Fears
Pakistan's army is preparing for a final push in the coming weeks in its fight against militants, but there are concerns that rights are being rolled back in the name of defeating terror.
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Pakistan Imposes One Month Moratorium on Executions: Officials
Pakistan has imposed a one month moratorium on executions during Ramadan, officials said today, providing temporary reprieve for a death row prisoner whose lawyers claim he was a juvenile at the time of the crime.
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'Unsilencing Pakistan'
An "intellecticide" continues in Pakistan, says Beena Sarwar.
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Anger in Pakistan Over Karachi Police 'Executions'
Sohail Ahmed was picked up last December by a bunch of burly men outside his local mosque in Karachi and shoved into an SUV. It was the last time his family saw him alive.
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Violence against Pakistan minorities rising alarmingly: rights group
Sectarian killings rose by more than a fifth in Pakistan last year, a leading rights group said Thursday, warning of an alarming increase in violence against religious minorities.
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The 10-year-old victim of Pakistan's 'forgotten war'
At 10-years-old, Chakar Baloch had his whole life before him when unknown men kidnapped him near a market in Pakistan's troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan.
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US drones killed 957 Pakistani civilians in 2010: Report
A total of 957 Pakistani civilians were killed in American drone attacks in the country 2010, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said in its annual report on Thursday.The report that focused on human rights violations in the country also laid an emphasis on terror attacks in 2010, according to Xinhua.It said terrorist attacks in Pakistan left ...
