Human Rights

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‘India missed opportunity of normalising relations by boycotting SAARC conference’

ISLAMABAD: The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday that Pakistan does… Read More

‘Rhetoric of fascism’ on rise in US, Europe, warns UN

GENEVA: Human rights standards worldwide are under "unprecedented pressure", the UN said on Thursday, warning… Read More

‘Indian forces block medical care for injured Kashmir protesters’

NEW DELHI:  Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir blocked medical care for injured protesters by… Read More

India court frees Kashmir rights activist Khurram Parvez

SRINAGAR, INDIAN-OCCUPIED KASHMIR: Authorities in Indian-Occupied Kashmir on Wednesday freed a prominent rights activist, who had… Read More

Probing atrocities: Pakistan urges UN to send fact-finding in held Kashmir

NEW YORK: Pakistan has once again demanded United Nations to send a fact-finding mission to… Read More

Pakistan urges UK to press India to stop HR violations in held Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has urged Britain to press India to stop human rights violations being conducted… Read More

India must release Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez: UNHRC

GENEVA: The Indian government must immediately release prominent Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez arrested… Read More

Trump as president would pose global danger, UN rights boss warns

GENEVA: Republican nominee Donald Trump becoming president of the United States would present a global… Read More

Palestinians call on FIFA to act against Israeli settlement clubs

RAMALLAH: Palestinian officials have called on FIFA to kick out six Israeli clubs based in… Read More

Pakistan’s Christians express solidarity with India-Occupied Kashmir’s martyrs

LAHORE: The Christian community on Saturday organised a demonstration in front of the Lahore Press… Read More

Indian forces torturing women in held-Kashmir: Mashaal Malik

ISLAMABAD: The wife of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin Malik has alleged that… Read More

UN HRC expresses concern on human rights situation in held-Kashmir

GENEVA: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday said that… Read More

Rabbani asks UK to take notice of Indian brutalities in Kashmir

LONDON: Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani on Thursday asked British authorities to take notice of Indian… Read More

Media should highlight Indian atrocities in IOK, says AJK PM

MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Farooq Haider Khan has asked… Read More

PM urges UN to help end violation of human rights in Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday urged United Nations for efforts to end… Read More

Saudi coalition, Huthis violate human rights in Yemen: UN report

UNITED NATIONS: A confidential UN report has concluded that the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen… Read More

Rights group asks Indonesia to pardon Pakistani drug convict

ISLAMABAD: A human rights group urged Islamabad Monday to try to halt the execution of… Read More

Lodhi demands probe of extra-judicial killings in held Kashmir

NEW YORK: Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations (UN) Dr. Maleeha Lodhi has… Read More

Syria army presses Aleppo offensive despite truce extension

DAMASCUS: Syria's army has extended a nationwide truce for another three days, but continued  to… Read More

Zardari condemns killings, arrests of Kashmiris in IOK

KARACHI: Former Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari condemned killings and arrests of Kashmiris in Indian… Read More