Geneva, March 28 (IANS) Several European politicians, campaigners and political representatives attending the ongoing 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva have called for closer scrutiny of Pakistan’s special trade status under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP Plus) granted by the EU, citing growing concerns over the country’s worsening human rights record. According to a report in EU Today, a meeting titled ‘Pakistan’s GSP+ status: human rights conditionali…
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New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Pakistan is among the countries included in the ‘Board of Peace’, reportedly formed by US President Donald Trump to explore lasting peace solutions in the Gaza Strip. However, the country’s own record of religious persecution and alleged ‘nurturing’ of terror on its soil has raised concerns about its ability to play peacemaker in a region marred by intense hostilities over the past two years.A report by the Gatestone Institute has highlighted a series of incidents …
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) HinduACTion will hold a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill on January 16 to spotlight what it calls the persecution, forced conversions, and trafficking of Hindu, Christian, and other religious minorities in Pakistan.The briefing “Our Lost Daughters of Sindh” is aimed at members of Congress, congressional staff, officials from the US State Department and National Security Council, human rights advocates and groups working against human trafficking, a media relea…
Islamabad, Jan 3 (IANS) A Pakistani court has sentenced a member of the Ahmadi community to life imprisonment for using the title “Hafiz”, meaning “one who knows the Quran by heart,” and for distributing the “Tafsir-e-Saghir,” a collection of Quranic translations and commentary respected within his community, a report said on Saturday. “On 24 December 2025, an Additional Sessions Court in Lalian, Punjab, delivered a verdict that should shame any legal system claiming to uphold just…
Washington, Dec 26 (IANS) President Donald Trump said the United States carried out a military strike against ISIS targets in northwest Nigeria, describing the action as a direct response to escalating attacks on civilians.“Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria,” Trump said in a statement posted late Thursday. He said the group had been “targeting and viciously killing, primar…