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UN human rights office calls for compassion following Rohingya deaths at sea

New York : The UN human rights office (OHCHR), is calling for compassion for people desperately seeking shelter, after 30 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar died on a boat in the Bay of Benga ...

International press freedom body writes to Pak PM Imran Khan, demands release of Jang Geo editor Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman

Islamabad: Demanding release of Jang Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman (MSR), the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists ...

COVID-19: Pakistan govt faces new challenge as clerics call for lifting of congregational prayer limits

Islamabad: The Pakistan government seems to face a growing challenge in their act to contain COVID-19 as a section of the Islamic clerics have warned they will flout the government’ ...

COVID-19: PoK residents getting no benefits under PM Imran Khan's Ehsaas Programme in Pakistan, facing hardships

Muzaffarabad: In a clear case of alleged discrimination followed by the administration at a time of COVID-19 crisis, people in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been denied benefits pr ...

COVID-19: USCIRF feels 'troubled' by reports of Pakistan denying aid to Hindus and Christians

Washington:  The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recently expressed its concern over reports that "food aid being denied to the minority Hindus and Chr ...

COVID-19: Chaos in distribution centre in Pakistan leaves woman dead

Islamabad: Highlighting the poor condition of implementation of mechanism to combat COVID-19 in Pakistan,  a septuagenarian woman waiting for cash handouts died outside a school in M ...

COVID-19: Minority communities in Pakistan alleges discrimination by Imran Khan govt

Islamabad: Showing the troubles faced by minority communities in Pakistan at a time when the nation is dealing with COVID-19 outbreak, many people belonging to the Christian community hav ...

COVID-19: PoK residents claim they are not provided enough supply of essential commodities by Imran Khan govt

Islamabad: Failing to keep its promise, locals have claimed that the Pakistan government did not provide enough supply of essential commodities in the  Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK ...

Pakistan secret agencies are backing criminals to target civilians in Balochistan, activists claim

Quetta/Islamabad: Apart from improper implementation of system by the government needed to contain COVID-19 outbreak in Pakistan, political activists are now alleging that the secret agen ...