Karachi: November 8, 2012. (PCP) A delegation led by Taj Marri and others of Bandar Sanghat Qasimabad, Hyderabad met with Saleem Khursheed Khokhar, MPA Sindh, Chairman Standing Committee on Minorities Affairs of Sindh Assembly and President of All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) and apprised him

Faisalabad: November 8, 2012. (PCP) Under banner of National Minorities Alliance of Pakistan NMAP, a conference was organized to claim fundamental rights and equality in status in Pakistan for religious minorities in city of Faisalabad on November 4, 2010.
The leaders of WE CARE, ICOF PAKISTAN, PAK

Karachi: November 5, 2010.(PCP) Saleem Khurshid Khokhar, Member Provincial Assembly Sindh, Chairman Standing Committee on Minorities Affairs Sindh and President, All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) Sindh Chapter on condemned the attack on Marvi Sarmad, columnist and human rights campaigner at Is

ISLAMABAD: November 4, 2012. (SHAMIM MASIH): Few weeks back I write an article about the root cause of the Rimsha case, when Qari Muhammad Khalid Chashti was released on bail against surety bond of worth Rs. 200,000/-
Let me remind you his statement on this issue printed in all English Papers of

The government of Hafez al-Assad is facing an ongoing proxy conflict which is aimed at crushing the independence and unity of the nation. Many hostile forces are meddling from outside of Syria. This applies to major Western powers like America, France and the United Kingdom. Alongside this you have

Lahore: November 4, 2012. (Z. Khan) A well-known Pakistani liberal journalist, Muhammad Kamran who has been facing blasphemy charges and a very possible danger of extra judicial killing by the extremists, has gone into hiding to save his life.
Muhammad Kamran holds the office of Editor In Chief of

Bahawalpur: November 4, 2012. (PCP) The blasphemy accused Pakistani Christian woman Shamim Bibi was released on bail from Bahawalpur jail today on two surety bonds of 4 hundred thousand rupees on orders of Punjab High Court Bench of Bahawalpur.
Ms Aneeqa Maria Akhtar Advocate, the Chief Coordinator

Can we pursue equality in human rights, if such equality is only for selected identity groups? Have we succeeded in our commitment to equality only once the identity group we support wins power in the conflicts we are deeply concerned about? While the answer may seem obvious in theory, in practice,

WASHINGTON, D.C: November 2, 2012. (PCP) Dr. Wahid Baloch, President of Baloch Society of North America (BSO-NA), Welcomed Her Excellency Ambassador Eileens Donahoe remarks on Balochistan situation but said that they are not enough as the Baloch people demands from the United States and Internationa

Sanghla Hill, Punjab: October 31, 2012. (PCP) Pakistani Christian Pastor arrested under blasphemy in Sanghla Hill town in Punjab province of Pakistan on October 13, 2012, was denied bail in a court hearing on October 30, 2012.
Pastor Karama Patras was arrested on accusations of blasphemy by police

Geneva: October 31, 2012. (BPCA) A Symposium on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for Pakistan was held at the UN Conference Centre in Geneva yesterday (30.10.12). A packed audience comprising of many Pakistani Students heard presentations from diverse humanitarian groups, focused on the socio-ec

In recent days the intensity of mistrust between the Kurds and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) is clearly boiling over after the FSA entered Kurdish areas. The FSA Islamists are being openly supported by Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. France is probably the most dangerous equation within the triangle of

Hong Kong: October 31, 2012. (scmp) In a demonstration organised by the NGO Vision First, about 300 people marched from Central to the government headquarters in Admiralty carrying banners calling the city a "prison without walls".
They delivered a petition demanding fairer and more humane treatme

Lahore: October 31, 2012. (LEAD) Today after release from jail, Khuram Masih also known as Khuram Shahzad appeared in trial court, and LEAD's lawyers submitted in trial court two applications one for his acquittal and other for his exemption from personal attendance in the Court during the trial.
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KARACHI/LARKANA: October 31, 2012. (Nazir Siyal) Law Minister Sindh Mohammed Ayaz Soomro criticized the feudal mind politicians’ announcement for fighting/lodging murder case of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and baseless allegations regarding occupation of the property of Ameer Begum, he expressed these vi