Militants on Saturday released Gilgit-Baltistan Minister Abaidullah Baig and opened the Babusar Road, which they had blocked a day earlier, after negotiations. In a video circulating on social media, one of the militants can be heard telling a jirga to ensure that they can see their accomplices who are in jail within two or three […]
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RAWALPINDI: A Rawalpindi court on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrant for Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday for failing to appear before the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) in a corruption case. The order was passed by Senior Civil Judge Ghulam Akbar. It stated that the minister was nominated in a first informant report (FIR) and that […]
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DUBAI — Iranians enraged over the death of a young woman in police custody braved bullets and tear gas on Saturday, a human rights group said, pressing ahead with protests against clerical rulers facing a relentless popular uprising. An Iranian coroner’s report denied that Mahsa Amini had died due to blows to the head and […]
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DUBAI — Iranians enraged over the death of a young woman in police custody braved bullets and tear gas on Saturday, a human rights group said, pressing ahead with protests against clerical rulers facing a relentless popular uprising. An Iranian coroner’s report denied that Mahsa Amini had died due to blows to the head and […]
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At least nine people have been killed in an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal in northwest Ireland, authorities said, adding that search and rescue efforts were ongoing. The police updated the death toll on Saturday, a day after the explosion at about 3pm local time (14:00 GMT) at the Applegreen petrol station […]
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ISTANBUL: Foreigners can no longer apply for a residence permit in eight of Istanbul’s districts, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced. Speaking at a press conference on “Migration” held at the provincial directorate of migration, Soylu stated that new foreign applications for residence permits will not be accepted in eight districts, which are Küçükçekmece, Başakşehir, […]
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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is fast becoming a powerhouse of sporting talent. In the last three years, the government has ensured unprecedented progress in the establishment of world-class infrastructure, career progression as well as future of the players. The government has created an enabling environment for sportspersons that was non-existent for the last 70 years. […]
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The panacea to ills of Pakistan is neutrality of the establishment, agencies and courts. Any more engineered political experiment could prove catastrophic for Pakistan’s wellbeing Political instability has been Pakistan’s hallmark. But it has not suffered the way it is suffering now. The state is not in control of sensitive data and the confrontational politics […]
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This, besides providing new opportunities to the young talent of Jammu and Kashmir, shall boost the business ecosystem of the Union territory, he said. Despite setbacks faced due to Covid pandemic, the UT administration has taken sufficient steps for the revival of tourism in J-K and for providing employment to individuals associated with the sector, […]
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A report by Human Rights Watch has shown that India is “increasingly using abusive punishments against Muslims”. States that are ruled by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have witnessed Islamophobic crimes like the demolishing of Muslim homes without legal authorisation and recently, a public beating of Muslim men. Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director […]
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