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Gujarat: 1971 Indo-Pak war refugees express support for Indian Armed Force
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Chota Bhanji, a resident of Tharparkar village and a 1971 war refugee, said that the retired border agents staying in the village should be given a weapons licence for the protection of the village.
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Pakistan's Tharparkar region struggles to educate girls amidst school shor
Updated : 1 year ago IST
With a population of 1.8 million, the district has limited educational facilities, and the ones that exist are mostly concentrated in urban areas. The News International reported that a large number of girls are compelled to attend boys' schools due to the absence of girls' schools in their
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Sindhi Congress condemns role of Pak People’s Party in cutting Karoonjhar
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Karoonjhar Mountains, which are located on the southeastern edge of the Tharparkar district in Sindh, are also home to some heritage and religious sites especially Hindu temples.
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Pakistan's Tharparkar, Umerkot districts receive 'record' rainfall in June
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Cyclone Biparjoy, which mainly hit the Indian state of Gujarat, created chaotic conditions across the coastal belt of Sindh, most parts of Mirpurkhas, Badin, Tharparkar and Umerkot districts received heavy rainfall, besides dust storms, thunderstorms and many back-to-back spells of light, mo
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Pakistan: Businesses remain shut in Diplo town over "forced" conversion of
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
All business and commercial activities in the Diplo town of Tharparkar region of Pakistan remained suspended on Sunday due to a strike observed by people, Dawn reported. The call for strike was given by the Naujawan Ittehad and supported by the local chapters of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf
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Abduction, forced conversion of Hindu girls continues in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A resident of Malhi village of Sindh's Tharparkar district, Ishwar Bheel, said that his 20-year-old daughter Guddi Bheel was kidnapped by Sikhander Bajeer of Tando Adam Naukot of Mirpur-Khason on March 8 while returning from the hospital where she had gone to collect fever medicines for her
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Pakistan: Hindu doctor tortured by PPP leader during local body polls
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
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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Pakistan: As water crisis deepens in Sindh's Mithi, residents hit streets
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], February 26 (ANI): Dozens of people staged a demonstration in Tharparkar district in Pakistan's Sindh province against the worsening water crisis in the Mithi town.
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BSF hands over Pakistani youth to Pak Rangers on humanitarian grounds
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): As a goodwill gesture, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel handed over a Pakistani national to Pak Rangers on February 12, said BSF in its press release.
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Protest in Pakistan province Sindh's Islamkot against labourer's death int
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], July 6 (ANI): The ongoing protest in Sindh's Islamkot over the recent death of a worker from the Bheel community has intensified with demonstrations spreading to other cities including Tharparkar and Mirpurkhas after police moved to suppress the stir.
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Spurt in suicide rate in Pakistani desert region linked to poverty driven
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): At least 143 people have taken their own lives in Thar desert's Tharparkar, Umerkot districts between 2016 to 2020. Extreme weather patterns are frequent threat, major cause of poverty pushing people to suicide in Pakistani desert region.
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South Asian human rights body slams Pak over forced conversion of Hindu gi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): In light of a 17-year old Hindu girl who died by suicide in October this year after she was allegedly raped last year, in Pakistan's Tharparkar district, a body of South Asian human rights groups has slammed Islamabad for unchecked forced conversion o
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