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Report asks govt to check violence in Pakistan

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LONDON: A new online investigative research report has called on the Pakistani authorities to strictly enforce existing bans on militant sectarian organisations and ensure that the bans apply to any changes of identity that these groups adopt, including bringing to justice those responsible for attacks against Pakistani Shias who face sectarian attacks on daily basis. […]


Sectarian killings increased by 352pc last year: Human Rights Commission Pakistan

There was a marked increase in sectarian killings last year, statistics from the Human Rights Commission Pakistan (HRCP) indicate. The year 2012 recorded 104 cases of sectarian killings, a 352 percent rise from the year 2011 which recorded a total of 23 cases. A majority of those targeted belonged to the Shia community, although in […]