Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Police in Pakistan have refused to recover a 15-year-old Christian girl, who was kidnapped at gunpoint, forcibly converted to Islam and married to the kidnapper, according to her father, a report said. Afzal Javed Masih of Chak No. 648-GB village in Jaranwala city of Pakistan’s Punjab province said that his daughter, Sidra Bibi, was abducted from their home by a Muslim, Ali Murtaza, and his two accomplices on March 27. He added that the men entered the house by climbin…
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London, April 15 (IANS) Child abuse in Pakistan remains widespread, encompassing physical, sexual, and emotional violence, as well as exploitation through child labour and trafficking. Despite existing legal frameworks, entrenched stigma, weak enforcement, and cultural barriers continue to hinder reporting, leaving thousands of cases unreported every year, a report detailed this week. According to UK-based ‘Asian Lite’, on February 2, Pakistan’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA…
Rome, April 7 (IANS) Pakistan’s systematic persecution of the Ahmadi community was laid bare yet again during Eid this year, highlighting that the campaign against them is not driven by fringe elements but by an organised and deeply embedded institutionalised system, a report has detailed.According to Italy-based online magazine ‘Bitter Winter’, despite Pakistan’s rhetoric on “pluralism, tolerance, and fight against extremism”, Eid in Punjab province witnessed the right of a minority to pr…
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) The US International Trade Commission has opened a trade investigation into dental burs and kits imported into the US, with several Pakistani companies named as respondents.The investigation was launched under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 after a complaint by Huwais IP Holding LLC and Versah LLC, both based in Michigan, according to a notice published in the Federal Register.The complainants allege that imported “osseodensification dental burs and kits thereo…