Islamabad: October 17, 2014. (PCP) Patron-in-Chief of Pakistan Hindu Council Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, MNA (PML-N) has said that announcement of a Public Holiday to mark the religious Hindu festival 'Deewali' would not only project the soft image of Pakistan on international level but also let the

ISLAMABAD: October 16, 2014. (Shamim Masih) Yaqoob Masih, 50, begins his day before sunrise. He has been a Rawalpindi Development Authority – RDA employee for the last around 15 years. He and his wife rarely help make plenty of to cover their residence and to deal with livings for their 5 children.

Lahore: October 16, 2014. (PCP) Today on October 16, 2014, High Court Lahore confirmed death sentence of Asia Bibi and dismissed her appeal.
Asia Bibi victim of Blasphemy case hearing in the High Court Lahore started at 9:45 in the Morning before DB (Division Bench) of Mr. Justice Anwar Ul Haq and

New Delhi: October 16, 2014. (PCP) Bahujan Diversity Mission has launched a nation-wide movement to ensure representation to Scheduled castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in private sectors. 9th Diversity Day celebrated at Indian Social Institute, while addressing the delegates from across the co

Karachi: October 15, 2014. (PCP) The Central Secretariat of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC confirmed here today that PCC Chief Dr. Nazir S Bhatti has submitted clemency appeal to Prime Minister of Netherland against arrest of a Pakistani Christian named Kamran Simon Saif on immigration charges for

Rawalpindi: October 15, 2014. (PCP) Court adjourned case hearing till October 29, 2014, because of the non-appearance of Ghazla Khan (co-accused) Zafar Bhatti blasphemy case in Rawalpindi.
On the last court hearing on October 01, 2014 the court issued arrest warrants for Ghazala Khan as she has mi

Lahore: October 14, 2014. (PCP) Centre for Human Rights Education (CHRE)-Pakistan is pleased to announce and invite the applications for the 1st Annual“Participatory Course on Peace and Tolerance (PCPT)” to be held on December 4-11, 2014 at Dar-ul-Mussarat Training Institute- Lahore.
Participatory

Islamabad: October 14, 2014. (PCP) Pakistan Hindu Council, during its general body meeting, has passed a resolution unanimously, which demanded from Government of Pakistan and all political parties of Pakistan that constitutional amendment may be approved to cast dual vote by Non-Muslims to elect th

Peshawar: October 14, 2014. (By Khalid Shahzad) The Ullasi Tehrik KPK organized one day seminar on Status of minorities in KPK with the cooperation of OXFAOM, Peace humanity development, SDS. The speaker were Iftikhar Hussain,(ANP) Dr. Saeed Alam(Pat) Haroon Sarb Diyal( Hindu Guru)Farooq Gujjar(Awam

LAHORE: October 14, 2014. (PCP) Today, Nazli Bano from Karachi called to Advocate Sardar Mushtaq Gill, Human Rights Defender that the extremists arrived at her home and seized her cousin who got married in June, 2014 with one Muslim Girl. She told that they were very terrified and horrified by the e

Washington, DC: October 11, 2014. (PCP) The United States welcomes the agreement announced today between Afghanistan and Pakistan over transit pricing for the Central Asia South Asia electricity transmission project (CASA-1000). This marks an important step in bilateral relations between Afghanistan

LARKANA: October 11, 2014. (Nazir Siyal) Provincial President All Pakistan Muslim League SIindh Syed Shahbuddin Shah said that only Pervaiz Musharaf can steer the country from prevailing crises, security and prosperity of Pakistna is possible under the dynamic leader ship of former President of Pak

Washington DC: October 11, 2014. (PCP) The general secretary of the American Friends of Balochistan has asked the Barrick Gold Corporation of Canada not to venture into Balochistan as it is a war zone.
In a letter to Professor John G. Ruggie, who is Barrick's special consultant on human rights, Jan

Islamabad: October 11, 2014. (PCP) “Illegal occupation and corruption related to the Properties owned by Minorities occurred due to appointment of non-Hindu Chiefs of the multi-billion Evacuee Trust Property Board in the past.” These views were expressed by a delegation, comprised Ramchand, DrShanka

Lahore: October 11, 2014. (PCP) The wave of anger spread among Christians when shoes with prints of “Holy Cross” were found in a shop in Lahore Cantonment area.
A group of Christian protested on prints of “Holy Cross” on shoes while area police interfered and assured protestors that case under sect