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UN Security Council to meet on Kashmir at China’s request again
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council will meet at China’s request today to discuss the situation in the disputed Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir, diplomats said. The council will meet behind closed doors for the first time since
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Modi: Landmark day for India
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday welcomed the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill by the Rajya Sabha, calling it “a landmark day for India and our nation’s ethos of compassion and brotherhood”. The BJP government on Wednesday secured
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Lawyers ransack Pakistani hospital in row with doctors, patient dies
More than 100 lawyers stormed and ransacked a hospital in Pakistan today to avenge what they said was an assault by doctors there on a fellow advocate, and an elderly patient died during the disturbance, authorities said. Zulfikar Hameed, the
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Report: Nearly 630 Pakistan women being a sex slave to Chinese men
Women and girls across Pakistan living in a ‘fear’ when nearly 630 of them were reported been sold as brides to Chinese men last year. The list, which was obtained by the Associated Press, highlighting the lucrative and widespread human
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Pakistan, Bangladesh vow to stand behind Palestine
Pakistan and Bangladesh have rejected Israeli settlement activities in the West Bank and reaffirmed their full support for Palestine, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting two separate statements by the two countries. Responding to a question regarding the announcement by the US
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Guru Nanak and the promise of an inclusive Pakistan
For a few days every November, the Pakistani city of Nankana Sahib is transformed as thousands of Sikhs and other devotees of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, descend upon it to celebrate Guru Nanak Gurpurab, the anniversary of his
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India, China clash over Kashmir as it gets divided
SRINAGAR: India engaged in a verbal spat with China over Kashmir yesterday as it formally revoked the disputed state’s constitutional autonomy and split it into two federal territories in a bid to integrate it fully into India. Shops and offices
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Khan to Pakistanis: Don’t join anti-India fight in Kashmir
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned his citizens against joining the fight in Kashmir, saying the Indian authorities were waiting for “any excuse” to crack down on the residents in the Himalayan territory. “If someone from Pakistan goes to
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Hindu temple, school ransacked by Pakistani rioters over ‘blasphemy’
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: A crowd in Pakistan ransacked a school and Hindu temple after a Hindu principal was accused of blasphemy, police said yesterday, the latest case to raise concern about the fate of religious minorities in the predominantly Muslim country. The
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Kashmir: Indian police kills militant
NEW DELHI: Security forces in Indian Kashmir shot dead today a suspected member of a Pakistan-based militant group who was accused of attacking the family of a fruit trader, the state police chief said. Tension is running high in Jammu
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