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Liquor permits to minorities spark heated debate at Pakistan's Punjab Asse
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 27 (ANI): The issue of liquor permits to the Christian minorities sparked a debate at Pakistan's Punjab Assembly with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)'s minority leader Khalil Tahir Sindhu demanding immediate withdrawal of the liquor permit to the comm
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Pak govt willing to join hands with radical elements to expand its objecti
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): Pakistan's government in order to expand its own political objectives, is willing to join hands with radical elements without any due regard to the fate of the minorities, who are often at the receiving end of these extreme elements.
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Biden, Erdogan slammed for "failure" to adequately address China's rights
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI): The Washington-based East Turkistan Government-in-Exile has rebuked US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing that the two leaders did not adequately address the issues of the minority community in China's Xinjiang region
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Minority women at risk in Pakistan due to forced conversion, marriages
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 20 (ANI): Pakistan's dilemma of forced conversions and marriages put minority women at risk and the issue of securing rights for minority women has become particularly complex in Pakistan.
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Karnataka govt won't withdraw scheme providing 75 units free power to SCs,
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 18 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said that the government was not withdrawing the scheme of providing 75 units of power free of cost to the poor Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the State.
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BJP leaders refute Congress allegations on anti-conversion bill, members o
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Karnataka [India], September 16 (ANI): A day after the Karnataka Legislative Council passed the anti-conversion bill, Congress leaders said legislation was a "political gimmick" to divert attention from pressing issues concerning people. BJP leaders have refuted Congress allegations.
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Sikh community under threat in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): The increasing cases of atrocities against the Sikh community in Pakistan have exposed the false claim by Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun who earlier stated that the minority community is "happily" living in Pakistan.
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Pakistan UN envoy Masood Khan confronted in US over rapes in the name of f
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI): Former Congressional candidate from Virginia and Army veteran Manga Anantmula confronted Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan over the rapes of women belonging to minority communities in the name of flood relief.
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Indians take tremendous pride in Central-Vista project; the Congress party
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The Central-Vista avenue after months of delay was ultimately made available for the public on Thursday night. The Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned dreams into reality with the Centr
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Delhi HC issues notice on PIL challenging govt's decision to reimburse tui
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the government of NCT Delhi in response to a plea challenging the Impugned Policy decision, which grants reimbursement of tuition and other compulsory fees to minority-community students enrolled from Classes
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Pak rights minister highlights plight of Ahmadis as Nobel laureate's grave
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): Pakistan human rights minister Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Friday said that the Ahmadi minority community in the country is being subjected to grave human rights violations and because of the deep fear instilled in them no one even dares to mention the na
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SC gives 6 weeks to Centre for consultations on granting minority status t
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted six more weeks' time to the Central government to hold consultations with various State governments on the issue of granting minority status to Hindus in states where other communities outnumber them.
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