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Singles In Pakistan Defy Tradition, Meet Potential Partners At Matchmaking Event
Dozens of young singles gathered this week to meet potential marriage partners in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, the first attempt by a UK-based matrimonial app to help people find spouses in person in the conservative Islamic country.
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Imran Khan, His Party's Top Leaders Charged For Sedition: Report
The Pakistan government has booked all major Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders including its chairman Imran Khan, as well as some civil society activists for sedition, Pakistan-based Business Recorder newspaper reported.
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Centre Blames Pakistan For Spate Of Targeted Killings In Kashmir
It was unanimously decided that Kashmiri Pandits would be moved to safer locations but not out of Kashmir. "Centre can't be part of any ethnic cleansing. In this government, we believe in multi cultural society," added a senior level officer.
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"Nuclear Nation, Begging For Decades": Anger In Pakistan Over Loans
Amid the release of a fresh tranche of loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Pakistani government is facing backlash from civil society, over the unending series of loans, a report said on Thursday.
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Grisly Murder Of Ex-Diplomat's Daughter Sparks Outrage Over Femicides In Pakistan
A grisly murder in the heart of Islamabad involving families from the privileged elite of Pakistani society has dominated headlines for the past week, stirring national outrage over femicides in the South Asian nation.
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"If You Raise Temptation...": Imran Khan's Sexist Comment Draws Backlash
Barely two months after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's comments on sexual violence drew severe backlash, he again invited trouble by suggesting that avoiding "temptation in society" is the way to prevent sexual violence against women.
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5 Years After Her Rescue From Pak, Indian Woman May Have Found Her Family
No DNA test has been conducted yet but for 29-year-old Geeta, who returned to India from Pakistan in 2015 after going there when she was nine, the search for her biological mother may have ended, an NGO says.
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DMK's MK Stalin Leads Anti-Citizenship Act Rally In Chennai, P Chidambaram Joins Him
DMK chief MK Stalin is all set to lead a massive rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Chennai on Monday despite the police denying permission to do so.
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Deeply Concerned With "Troubling Trend" Of Human Rights Abuses, Religious Discrimination In Pakistan: US
Describing shrinking space for civil society and media freedom in Pakistan as "troubling", the United States on Monday said it remains "deeply concerned" over reports of human rights abuses and discrimination faced by people in the country because of their faith.
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Asia Bibi Calls For Reform In Pakistan Blasphemy Law
Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was freed from death row by the Supreme Court in a high-profile sacrilege case last year that polarised the society, has called for reforms in the country's "harsh" blasphemy law, according to a media report.
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In Bishkek, PM Modi Talks Tough On Terror In Message To Pakistan
In a stern message directed at Pakistan at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that countries sponsoring, aiding and supporting terrorism must be held accountable. India stands for a terrorism-free society, he said.
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Protests Erupt Outside Pakistan Embassy In Nepal To Condemn Pulwama Attack
The civil society in Nepal on Monday staged a silent protest in front of the Pakistan embassy in Kathmandu protesting the deadly terror attack in Pulwama in south Kashmir that took place on February 14.
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"Ticking Time-Bomb": Pakistan Top Court Urges Population Control Measures
Describing Pakistan's fast-growing population as a "ticking time-bomb", the Supreme Court Tuesday urged religious scholars, the civil society and the government to back population control measures, including a two children per family norm, in the Muslim-majority country.
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Congress Cautions Shashi Tharoor Amid Row Over "Hindu Pakistan" Comment
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was cautioned today by his party and urged to keep "restraint and caution" even as he firmly defended his comments on the BJP making India a "Hindu Pakistan" if it comes to power in 2019. "Why should I apologise when they themselves enshrine the ideals of a Hindu Rashtra," the parliamentarian told NDTV.
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All Records Of Bhagat Singh's Case File Displayed In Pakistan
Eighty-seven years after Bhagat Singh was hanged for the murder of a British police officer, Pakistan today displayed all records of the legendary freedom fighter's case file and his comrades, a step appreciated by the civil society and rights activists.
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Singles In Pakistan Defy Tradition, Meet Potential Partners At Matchmaking Event
Dozens of young singles gathered this week to meet potential marriage partners in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, the first attempt by a UK-based matrimonial app to help people find spouses in person in the conservative Islamic country.
-
Imran Khan, His Party's Top Leaders Charged For Sedition: Report
The Pakistan government has booked all major Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders including its chairman Imran Khan, as well as some civil society activists for sedition, Pakistan-based Business Recorder newspaper reported.
-
Centre Blames Pakistan For Spate Of Targeted Killings In Kashmir
It was unanimously decided that Kashmiri Pandits would be moved to safer locations but not out of Kashmir. "Centre can't be part of any ethnic cleansing. In this government, we believe in multi cultural society," added a senior level officer.
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"Nuclear Nation, Begging For Decades": Anger In Pakistan Over Loans
Amid the release of a fresh tranche of loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Pakistani government is facing backlash from civil society, over the unending series of loans, a report said on Thursday.
-
Grisly Murder Of Ex-Diplomat's Daughter Sparks Outrage Over Femicides In Pakistan
A grisly murder in the heart of Islamabad involving families from the privileged elite of Pakistani society has dominated headlines for the past week, stirring national outrage over femicides in the South Asian nation.
-
"If You Raise Temptation...": Imran Khan's Sexist Comment Draws Backlash
Barely two months after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's comments on sexual violence drew severe backlash, he again invited trouble by suggesting that avoiding "temptation in society" is the way to prevent sexual violence against women.
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5 Years After Her Rescue From Pak, Indian Woman May Have Found Her Family
No DNA test has been conducted yet but for 29-year-old Geeta, who returned to India from Pakistan in 2015 after going there when she was nine, the search for her biological mother may have ended, an NGO says.
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DMK's MK Stalin Leads Anti-Citizenship Act Rally In Chennai, P Chidambaram Joins Him
DMK chief MK Stalin is all set to lead a massive rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Chennai on Monday despite the police denying permission to do so.
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Deeply Concerned With "Troubling Trend" Of Human Rights Abuses, Religious Discrimination In Pakistan: US
Describing shrinking space for civil society and media freedom in Pakistan as "troubling", the United States on Monday said it remains "deeply concerned" over reports of human rights abuses and discrimination faced by people in the country because of their faith.
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Asia Bibi Calls For Reform In Pakistan Blasphemy Law
Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was freed from death row by the Supreme Court in a high-profile sacrilege case last year that polarised the society, has called for reforms in the country's "harsh" blasphemy law, according to a media report.
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In Bishkek, PM Modi Talks Tough On Terror In Message To Pakistan
In a stern message directed at Pakistan at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that countries sponsoring, aiding and supporting terrorism must be held accountable. India stands for a terrorism-free society, he said.
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Protests Erupt Outside Pakistan Embassy In Nepal To Condemn Pulwama Attack
The civil society in Nepal on Monday staged a silent protest in front of the Pakistan embassy in Kathmandu protesting the deadly terror attack in Pulwama in south Kashmir that took place on February 14.
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"Ticking Time-Bomb": Pakistan Top Court Urges Population Control Measures
Describing Pakistan's fast-growing population as a "ticking time-bomb", the Supreme Court Tuesday urged religious scholars, the civil society and the government to back population control measures, including a two children per family norm, in the Muslim-majority country.
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Congress Cautions Shashi Tharoor Amid Row Over "Hindu Pakistan" Comment
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was cautioned today by his party and urged to keep "restraint and caution" even as he firmly defended his comments on the BJP making India a "Hindu Pakistan" if it comes to power in 2019. "Why should I apologise when they themselves enshrine the ideals of a Hindu Rashtra," the parliamentarian told NDTV.
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All Records Of Bhagat Singh's Case File Displayed In Pakistan
Eighty-seven years after Bhagat Singh was hanged for the murder of a British police officer, Pakistan today displayed all records of the legendary freedom fighter's case file and his comrades, a step appreciated by the civil society and rights activists.
