Quetta, May 11 (IANS) At least 35 people suffered burn injuries after fire erupted at a customs warehouse in Mastung area of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, which caused explosion of a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker, local media reported on Monday. The fire broke at the customs facility in the Lakpass area, located on the Quetta-Karachi highway, on Sunday and rapidly spread to a parking area, engulfing several vehicles before reaching the LPG tanker, leading Pakistani daily Dawn reported….
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Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) A leading environmental conservation organisation in Pakistan on Friday expressed serious concerns over the ongoing and proposed development activities in areas adjoining the Margalla Hills National Park in Islamabad, particularly within ecologically sensitive foothill zones. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Pakistan stated that these activities pose significant risks for one of Islamabad’s most important ecological landscapes, including habitat fragmentation, di…
Islamabad, April 17 (IANS) Protests have errupted in Pakistan’s Islamabad after civic authorities again launched demolition operations targetting informal settlements, including a predominantly Christian neighbourhood, even as various human rights groups criticised the action, a report has stated. Clashes between residents and officials took place in the Allama Iqbal Colony, also known as Sharper Colony, earlier this week when teams from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and police reached…
Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) A British parliamentary group has expressed deep concerns over the case of a Christian girl, Maria Shehbaz, who was allegedly kidnapped and forced to marry in Pakistan. The parliamentary group’s statement comes after Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court termed the marriage of Maria Shehbaz lawful. However, the girl’s father has said that she was underage at the time and was forced to convert. For years, girls from Christian and Hindu communities in Pakistan have been…
Islamabad, March 30 (IANS) Human rights activists and civil society organisations have strongly condemned the planned demolition and forced eviction of residents in Allama Iqbal Colony, a 25-year-old predominantly Christian working-class settlement in Islamabad. The community now faces an imminent threat of clearance in the coming days, raising serious concerns over minority rights and displacement.Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), alongside the All Party Alliance for Katchi Abadis, th…