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Human Rights body condemns clerics for obstructing women's rights in Pakis
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Referring to another video that denounced the use of mobile phones by women relating it to 'obscenity', the HRCP in its statement released at the National Press Club in Islamabad on Saturday said that these videos use language that is derogatory towards women and also could potentially lead
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Pakistan clerics, traders in anti-blasphemy protests
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI) Religious groups and traders in Pakistan jointly protested against the alleged blasphemy on Friday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and announced that they won't allow lawyers to appear for the suspect in court.
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Pakistan's clergy enjoys hegemony over state, religion
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): While the clergy in Pakistan enjoy uninterrupted power and hegemony over the State and religion, a constitutionally sanctioned body of clerics, the council Islamic Ideology (CII), has a responsibility of ensuring that no legislation or policy contradicts
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Pak clerics flout virus lockdown rules, say restrictions not applicable to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Defying all orders from the state to refrain from religious congregations to curb the spread of COVID-19, prominent ulemas and religious scholars from across Pakistan on Tuesday stated that the five daily prayers and the Friday prayers would be held in m
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COVID-19: Police book Pak cleric, 6 others for violating govt order bannin
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): The Islamabad Police on Sunday booked former Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz and six others for "disobeying a government order, spreading fear and inciting people against the state," despite a ban on prayer congregations imposed to prevent the spread
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Moulvis cry foul as Hindu minor retracts her statement on 'willful convers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Jacobabad (Sindh) [Pakistan], Feb 8 (ANI): A section of Islamic clerics in Pakistan is up in arms after a minor Hindu girl Mehak Kumari retracted her previous statement in the court where she stated that she wasn't converted forcefully to Islam.
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