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Baloch leader Maulana Hidayatur Rehman threatens to close Gwadar port over
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Quetta [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): Baloch leader Maulana Hidayatur Rehman threatened to close Gwadar port on Sunday over the issue of freeing the coast of Balochistan from trawler mafia, particularly the Chinese trawlers.
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Hotels, restaurants can't force customers to pay service charge; CCPA issu
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New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued guidelines for "preventing unfair trade practices and violation of consumer rights" with regard to levying of service charge in hotels and restaurants.
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Halsey reveals suffering 3 miscarriages, says 'abortion saved my life'
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Washington [US], July 4 (ANI): American singer Halsey has stated that giving birth to her first child after suffering multiple pregnancy losses did not lessen her support for abortion rights.
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Afghan women's fight for rights continues under Taliban regime
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Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): The plight of women in Afghanistan continues to be deplorable despite the tall claims made by the Taliban when they took Kabul's control in August last year.
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China fails to protect women's rights
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Beijing [China], July 4 (ANI): Women continue to play a peripheral role in male-dominated China, which cannot tolerate women's rights in the country even as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrates 100 years of its founding.
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Biden holds virtual meet with Democratic Governors on abortion rights
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Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): US President Joe Biden held a virtual meeting with Democratic Governors on reproductive rights of women in the country in the wake of a "tragic reversal" of Roe v. Wade and urged them to take action to protect access to abortion care.
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Pakistan: Hindu doctor tortured by PPP leader during local body polls
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Sindh [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): A Hindu doctor in the Tharparkar district of Sindh province was allegedly tortured by a leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party during local bodies' election in Islamkot on June 26.
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US special envoy skips Doha meet, says will talk to Taliban after their co
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Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): While skipping the Doha meeting between the US delegation and Taliban representatives, US special envoy for Afghan women Rina Amiri said that she will only talk to the Taliban when they take concrete steps to ensure human rights, especially the rights of wo
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Extrajudicial killings in Balochistan on the rise: Report
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Balochistan [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): Alongside a massive rise in cases of enforced disappearances and abduction in Balochistan, there has been a reported increase in the number of extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, stated the monthly newsletter of the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC)
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'Every day at least one or two Afghan women commit suicide'
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Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): 'Every day there are at least one or two women who commit suicide', said a former deputy speaker of the Afghan Parliament on Friday, highlighting the lack of opportunity and ailing mental health that is taking a toll on Afghan women.
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Outrage in Pakistan after attack on journalist, day after he called Army g
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): A prominent human rights organization in Pakistan has condemned the assault on senior journalist and former parliamentarian Ayaz Amir by unidentified people that led to outrage in the country.
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At Doha meet, US censures Taliban on rights issues in Afghanistan
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Doha [Qatar], July 2 (ANI): A high-level US delegation met with senior Taliban representatives in Qatar to discuss concerns about expanding restrictions on the rights of Afghans and issues concerning the continuing presence of terrorist organizations in the country.
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