European Parliament celebrates Pakistan Cultural Week on February 9, 2018BRUSSELS: Pakistan Embassy in Brussels launched Pakistan Cultural Week in the European Parliament on Tuesday. It was attended by around 500 participants including vice presidents, members of European Parliament, senior officials of European Commission, European Council and External Action Service, ambassadors, academics, businessmen and media persons. Organised by the Embassy of Pakistan in Brussels and […]
Plight of Kashmiris echoes in Brussels on February 6, 2018BRUSSELS: Pakistan Ambassador to European Union Naghmana Hashmi has said that India has unleashed unprecedented scale of torture and human rights violations in Indian-held Kashmir and that’s why it is denying any independent evaluation of the situation because it has got much to hide from the world. She was addressing an event organised by the […]
Dr Shamila Mehmood speaks about Kashmir to EU gathering on February 2, 2018BRUSSELS: World Solidarity Forum organized a seminar the other day to analyze factors which make people seek freedom and the right to self-determination from the states they are being governed by in the light of independence movements in Indian held Kashmir, Catalonia and Kurdistan. The conference, that took place at Science 14 in Brussels, gathered […]
Rights activists in Germany rally for recovery of Raza Khan on January 10, 2018BERLIN: Monday was the coldest day in Germany but the subzero temperatures could not deter human rights activists from holding a candle light vigil in front of Pakistan Embassy to protest against reported enforced disappearance of peace activist Raza Khan. A small number of activists managed to join the event called on a short notice […]
Pakistan youth to serve as honorary member of EU Parliament on January 5, 2018BERLIN: A Pakistani youth emerging on European political horizon after serving as honorary Member of German National Assembly (Bundestag) will soon be serving as honorary member of European Parliament in Strasbourg, France and is expected to speak during the session while representing Germany in June this year. Kashif Kazmi, 21, from Kurram Agency would be […]
Pakistan risks losing EU economic concession on December 21, 2017BRUSSELS: European Union might review its economic concessions given to Pakistan over the deteriorating human rights situation, including the wave of abductions of activists reportedly by the security agencies and discriminatory laws against minorities. European Union has warned Pakistan that there can be no place for enforced disappearances and secret detention in the country and […]
Amnesty Germany protests over forced disappearances in Pakistan on December 14, 2017BERLIN: A German group of Amnesty International Hagen organized a march protesting over the trend of forced disappearances of human rights and political activists in Pakistan urging the government to produce the abducted people and try anyone who has committed a crime through the due process of law. The protestors were demanding Pakistan authorities to […]
Amnesty Germany protests over forced disappearances in Pakistan on December 13, 2017BERLIN, Germany: A German group of Amnesty International Hagen organized a march protesting over the trend of forced disappearances of human rights and political activists in Pakistan urging the government to produce the abducted people and try all the accused through the due process of law. The protestors were demanding Pakistan authorities to end the […]
Pakistani jailed in Germany for espionage is an affiliate of Karachi-based party on August 30, 2017Berlin: Pakistani citizen jailed in Germany on charges of spying on high-profile citizen(s) for Iranian Revolutionary Guards is an affiliate of a Karachi-based political party and was hooked up with his handlers in Iran through the militant wing of the party, Daily Times has learnt. Though a spokesperson at Pakistani embassy in Berlin refused comment […]