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Blasphemy law amendment to create room for persecution: Pak rights group
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The HRCP said the proposed legislation increases the punishment for using derogatory remarks against "holy persons" from three years with a fine to imprisonment for life 'which will not be less than ten years'.
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Bilawal Bhutto rules out any talks with TTP
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"The new leadership in Pakistan, both political and military, has been absolutely clear. There will be no talks with terrorist organisations that don't respect our laws and Constitution," Zardari said as quoted by Dawn Newspaper.
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Pune: Woman forced to consume powdered human bones to conceive child, 7 bo
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In a shocking incident, a woman was forced by her in-laws and husband to eat the powder formed by the bones of dead human as a part of a black magic ritual advised by the local Tantrik Baba to conceive a child.
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Delhi: Court convicts husband and in-laws of woman in 15-year-old dowry de
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A Delhi Court in Dwarka District in a 15 years old dowry death case has convicted the husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law of the deceased.
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Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal writes to Union agriculture minister dem
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In the letter to the Union Agriculture minister, Badal said that her party rejects the MSP Committee in its current form as it is not acceptable to the farming community.
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Civilian attacks 'must end immediately' in Ukraine, says UN
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
UN chief's Associate Spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay told during Monday's regular briefing for correspondents in New York that Guterres had condemned Saturday evening's missile strike adding that it was "another example of a suspected violation of the laws of war."
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SC allows filing of plea to transfer petitions before HCs challenging anti
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala told senior advocate Kapil Sibal to file an application for the transfer of petitions pending before the High Courts to the top court.
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Pak boy charged with blasphemy for calling god "cruel" on social media
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The danger of blasphemy laws in Pakistan is that blasphemy is not clearly defined, writes Marco Respinti for Bitter Winter. This latest case which last month is a clear example of this ambiguity.
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Japan charges Yamagami for the murder of ex-PM Shinzo Abe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
42-year-old Yamagami was indicted on murder charges as well as for violating gun laws after concluding a roughly six-month psychiatric evaluation.
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Chinese national nabbed in Tanzania for cyber fraud
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Hong Kong-based publication said the Chinese suspect was among 11 persons caught in December for committing cybercrime. According to the report, the Chinese national was allegedly found sending unofficial devices to connect people by phone to communicate abroad against the extant laws of
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Woman, brother attacked by in-laws in Ghaziabad
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A woman and her brother in Vasundhra sector 10 of Ghaziabad were thrashed by the woman's in-laws on Tuesday. Assistant Commissioner of Police Swatantra Singh stated that the police had registered a complaint against the in-laws.
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Protests in Gilgit Baltistan PoK rage over myriad issues
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The locals and traders of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) are holding protests against heavy taxation laws, illegal land occupation, and load shedding imposed by the regime in the province, Pakistan's vernacular media outlet Baad-e-Shimal reported.
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