pakistan Separatists claim bomb attack that killed 6 Pakistani troops By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:15:53 -0700 QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A small Pakistani separatist group claimed responsibility Saturday for targeting a security convoy with a roadside bomb that killed six soldiers, including an army major, in the country’s southwest. Friday’s attack in Baluchistan province took place as the troops, who were assigned to search for smuggling routes and militants, were returning […] Full Article Nation & World
pakistan Australia Test aspirant Will Pucovski to press claim for debut against Pakistan in tour match By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:52:00 +1100 He has been earmarked as a Test batsman in the making, and now Victorian youngster Will Pucovski gets another chance to earn a debut after being named in the Australia A XI to play Pakistan in Perth. Full Article ABC Radio Adelaide adelaide perth Sport:All:All Sport:Cricket:All Australia:SA:Adelaide 5000 Australia:WA:Perth 6000
pakistan Steve Smith leads Australia to victory over Pakistan in Twenty20 international at Manuka Oval By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 07:11:00 +1100 Steve Smith played every shot in the book and then some from outside the coaching manuals as his unbeaten 80 helped Australia to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan in their Twenty20 clash in Canberra. Full Article ABC Radio Canberra canberra Sport:All:All Sport:Cricket:All Sport:Cricket:Twenty20 Australia:ACT:Canberra 2600
pakistan World film project: Pakistan By liv.dreamwidth.org Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:19:39 GMT Thanks to ambyr's rec, we watched Dukhtar ['Daughter'], (2014, directed Afia Nathaniel). ambyr described this very well: it does include misogyny and violence, but ultimately it's a hopeful film. The film feels almost like a stage play; it is almost entirely about the characters, a mother trying to save her young daughter, and the roadster who reluctantly helps them. The camera doesn't dwell either on the beautiful scenery (there are mountains in the background, but no gorgeous cinematic shots) or on the violence; there are quite a few shootings in the film, but it's never gory because it's not about gun porn, it's about trying to escape from that violent world of gang / tribal violence. Quite a bit of it is filmed in shaky-cam style as if it were just incidental video of people's lives. The characters are all really vivid, and I cared about them a lot, partly because the film is so careful to avoid piling on the drama. The tribal enforcers who go around shooting almost-random people in order to make people fear them are squalid, not glamorous. The elder who is desperate enough to sell his 10-year-old daughter for protection is basically pathetic rather than evil. The main character, Samiya Mumtaz' Allah Rakhi is beautiful and brave, but not really a heroine, she's desperate and runs away with her daughter with almost no plan for how they're going to survive. In other words she's really plausible for a barely literate woman married at 15 and sent to a remote, very patriarchal village in the mountains. The romance between Allah Rakhi and Sohail is likewise really understated. He's not a white knight saving the princess, and in fact they even joke about how much he doesn't fit that romantic stereotype. He's a troubled person who has survived and escaped from the Taliban training camps, and he doesn't really want to get involved but can't just abandon a desperate mother and daughter to their fate. They have a certain amount of tenderness, but don't instantly fall in love and it's not clear whether their relationship will last, or whether it will end up being romantic or more friend-based. I also really liked that the dashing, handsome man who is avuncular with the kid and flirts with the mother in a rather aggressive way turns out to be a bad guy, not the love interest.The ending is really odd. The credits just happen in the middle of a desperate car-ride taking the heroine to hospital bleeding from a gunshot wound. I think we're meant to infer that she survives but it's really not clear.Next up: Nigeria, our first African country. Any recommendations of Nigerian films? Ideally from the 21st century, and not primarily about violence or depressing real-world history. comments Full Article world film project
pakistan Slowly Slowly What's Urdu for That... Back in Skardu again Pakistan By www.travelblog.org Published On :: Day 24Sleeping in Skardu via Machulo 2230m or maybe 2310m depending on your info sourceKarim is a late starter.Breakfast isn't until after 0800. We are not alone there are 3 other tourists American lawyers as it turns out we bump i Full Article
pakistan Priyanka Chopra is confronted by Pakistani at Beautycon over tweets about India By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 19:11:26 +0000 The "Quantico" actress was called out during her appearance for a tweet sent during military hostility between the neighboring, nuclear-armed countries. Full Article
pakistan News24.com | International Covid-19 wrap: Pakistan expats test positive, boy, 5, dies from 'disease caused by Covid-19' By www.news24.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 21:20:53 +0200 Here is the latest news from around the world. Full Article
pakistan AT#694 - Travel to Northern Pakistan By amateurtraveler.com Published On :: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Hear about travel to Northern Pakistan and the Karakoram Highway as the Amateur Traveler talks to David Harden from travelwornsatchel.com about his road trip in this remote and beautiful country. Full Article
pakistan The United States in Afghanistan and Pakistan By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100 Full Article
pakistan Frosty Neighbours? Unpacking Narratives of Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article
pakistan Jihad and Terrorism in Pakistan: The Case of Lashkar-e-Taiba By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0100 Full Article
pakistan Undercurrents: Episode 47 - Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article
pakistan CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Occasion of the International Conference on "Biodiversity Is Life", 29 December 2010, Khaipur, Pakistan By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
pakistan Flight set for HK people in Pakistan By www.news.gov.hk Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0800 The first batch of about 300 Hong Kong residents stranded in Pakistan will take a chartered flight tentatively scheduled to leave Islamabad on the morning of April 30 and arrive in Hong Kong in the afternoon. In a statement today, the Security Bureau said the returnees upon arrival at Hong Kong International Airport will proceed to the Temporary Specimen Collection Centre at AsiaWorld-Expo by coach for compulsory COVID-19 testing before they are transferred to the quarantine centre at Chun Yeung Estate for a 14-day quarantine. In view of the COVID-19 situation, the Pakistan Government banned all international flight movements since late March, resulting in Hong Kong residents there being unable to return to Hong Kong through normal means. The Immigration Department has received requests for assistance from Hong Kong residents stranded there and as at yesterday, it has successfully contacted about 1,600 of them. Due to the large number of people requesting assistance and having regard to the returnees' quarantine arrangements, the capacities for testing, and the quarantine and treatment facilities, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government must adopt a phased approach in assisting their return, subject to the circumstances. The first batch of Hong Kong residents on the chartered flight are those staying in Islamabad and its surrounding areas. They also include people with special needs such as those with illnesses and pregnant women. The cost of taking the chartered flight is about $6,000 per person and is borne by the user. The Security Bureau said the chartered flight could not have been arranged smoothly without the staunch support of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (OCMFA) and the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, as well as the full co-operation rendered by the Pakistan Government and the Consulate General of Pakistan in Hong Kong. The bureau said the Hong Kong SAR Government will continue to liaise with the residents still in Pakistan and assist in their return. Meanwhile, a flight will arrive from Doha this afternoon carrying about 170 Hong Kong residents returning from Pakistan themselves. The bureau added that upon their arrival in Hong Kong, they will be arranged to leave deep throat saliva samples at the Temporary Specimen Collection Centre before being admitted to the quarantine centre at Chun Yeung Estate for a 14-day quarantine. Apart from Pakistan, the Indian Government has also since late March banned all international flight movements. As at yesterday, the Immigration Department has successfully contacted about 3,100 Hong Kong residents stranded there who sought assistance to return home. The Hong Kong SAR Government is maintaining close contact with the OCMFA, the Chinese Embassy in India and the Consulate General of India in Hong Kong, while also contacting several airlines to arrange return flights to Hong Kong. Full Article
pakistan Pakistan: Anyone for a Deal? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 11:15:38 +0000 1 January 2008 , Number 2 Voters will be heading for the polls in Pakistan on January 8. But however the ballots are cast, the people will not necessarily decide who will form the next government. Power is at stake, and all the players are calculating how best to retain or acquire it. Dr Gareth Price Senior Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme @DrGarethPrice Google Scholar Pakistan.jpg Full Article
pakistan Genetic Causes of Severe Childhood Obesity: A Remarkably High Prevalence (>=49%) in an Inbred Population of Pakistan By diabetes.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2020-04-29T13:57:29-07:00 Monogenic forms of obesity have been identified in ≤10% of severely obese European patients. However, the overall spectrum of deleterious variants (point mutations and structural variants) responsible for childhood severe obesity remains elusive. In this study, we genetically screened 225 severely obese children from consanguineous Pakistani families through a combination of techniques including an in-house developed augmented whole-exome sequencing (CoDE-seq) enabling simultaneous detection of whole exome copy number variations (CNVs) and of point mutations in coding regions. We identified 110 probands (49%) carrying 55 different pathogenic point mutations and CNVs in 13 genes/loci responsible for non-syndromic and syndromic monofactorial obesity. CoDE-seq also identified 28 rare or novel CNVs associated with intellectual disability in 22 additional obese subjects (10%). Additionally, we highlight variants in candidate genes for obesity warranting further investigation. Altogether, 59% of the studied cohort are likely to have a discrete genetic cause with 13% of these due to CNVs demonstrating a remarkably higher prevalence of monofactorial obesity than hitherto reported and a plausible over lapping of obesity and intellectual disabilities in several cases. Finally, inbred populations with high prevalence of obesity, provide a unique genetically enriched material in quest of new genes/variants influencing energy balance. Full Article
pakistan Pakistan shines on pitch with series win By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:50:00 +1100 Pakistan highlighted its talent on the pitch to draw the third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Sharjah and win the series 1-0, just days after three former team-mates were jailed for spot-fixing. Full Article
pakistan US group calls Pakistan blocking of aid to Christians, Hindus 'reprehensible' By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:30:00 -0600 CNA Staff, Apr 15, 2020 / 03:30 pm (CNA).- The U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom has called on the Pakistani government to ensure aid for the COVID-19 pandemic is being justly distributed to religious minorities, after receiving reports that aid organizations were barring Christians and Hindus from receiving food assistance. “These actions are simply reprehensible,” USCIRF Commissioner Anurima Bhargava said in an April 13 statement. “As COVID-19 continues to spread, vulnerable communities within Pakistan are fighting hunger and to keep their families safe and healthy. Food aid must not be denied because of one’s faith. We urge the Pakistani government to ensure that food aid from distributing organizations is shared equally with Hindus, Christians, and other religions minorities,” she said. According to the commission, recent reports have shown that in Karachi a non-government aid organization, the Saylani Welfare International Trust, has been denying food assistance to Christians and Hindus, telling them that the aid was reserved for Muslims. Pakistan’s state religion is Islam, and around 97 percent of the population is Muslim. The authorities of Pakistan have consistently failed to implement safeguards on behalf of religious minorities, despite numerous policies in favor of economic and physical protections for members of non-Muslim religions. For example, the country has promised to provide quotas for employment to ensure that religious minorities are granted equal access to jobs, but so far it has not done so. Additionally, strict blasphemy laws in the country are reportedly used to settle scores or to persecute religious minorities. While non-Muslims constitute only 3 percent of the Pakistani population, 14 percent of blasphemy cases have been levied against them. In a recent highly publicized case, Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five, spent eight years on death row on blasphemy charges after being accused of making disparaging remarks about Muhammad after an argument stemming from a cup of water. Amid strong international pressure, the Pakistan Supreme Court acquitted her in late 2018. A 2019 report from USCIRF found that Christians and Hindus “face continued threats to their security and are subject to various forms of harassment and social exclusion,” the USCIRF statement said. The country was also designated by the US Department of State as a “Country of Particular Concern” in December 2018 for its poor religious freedom record. USCIRF Commissioner Johnnie Moore noted in the April 13 statement that in a recent address to the international community, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that governments in developing countries must work to save people from starvation during the coronavirus pandemic. Pakistan’s health ministry has reported nearly 6,000 cases of coronavirus in the country of 212 million people as of April 15. “This is a monumental task laying before many countries. Prime Minister Khan’s government has the opportunity to lead the way but they must not leave religious minorities behind,” he said. “Otherwise, they may add on top of it all one more crisis, created by religious discrimination and inter-communal strife.” A March 2020 report from USCIRF noted other countries who have had religious freedom problems in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, including in China, where the virus originated. According to USCIRF, reports indicated that Chinese authorities forced Uighurs, a Muslim minority that has been forced into concentration camps since 2017, to work in factories to make up for the lack of workers during the country’s coronavirus quarantine. Reports also indicated that some Uighur residents in the city of Ghulja had “limited access to food and local officials have demanded payments in order to bring supplies,” USCIRF noted. In South Korea, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a fringe Christian group that reported already facing “hostility” from mainline Protestants before the pandemic, faced additional pressures and harassment from the government and citizens after a 61-year-old female member of the church - known as Patient 31 - attended a church service with a fever before being diagnosed with coronavirus, and thus spreading the infection to thousands of others. “The Shincheonji church has faced considerable criticism and even harassment from the South Korean government and society. Although some government measures appeared to be driven by legitimate public health concerns, others appeared to exaggerate the church’s role in the outbreak,” USCIRF reported, adding that members of the church have faced “discrimination at work and spousal abuse because of their affiliation with the church.” Other countries in which coronavirus is reportedly impacting religious freedoms include Iran, Saudi Arabia, Georgia, Italy and the Vatican (for government-mandated cancellation of religious services), the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, and Tajikistan. Full Article Asia - Pacific
pakistan Pakistan minorities commission excludes Ahmadi religious group By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 06:01:00 -0600 CNA Staff, May 9, 2020 / 06:01 am (CNA).- Pakistan’s government has declined to include the Ahmadi religious group in its National Commission for Minorities, drawing attention to the group whose Muslim self-identification is rejected by many Muslims. In a note seen by Reuters, Pakistan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs said Ahmadis should not be included in the commission “given the religious and historical sensitivity of the issue.” Pakistan’s constitution does not recognize the Ahmadis as Muslim. However, Ahmadis consider themselves part of Islam. The movement was founded in 1889 in British-ruled India. They consider their founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad a “subordinate prophet.” Other Muslims see this as a violation of the tenet that Muhammad was the last prophet. There are about 500,000 Ahmadis in Pakistan and up to 20 million adherents worldwide. Some observers estimate the Ahmadi population in Pakistan is higher, but persecution encourages Ahmadis to hide their identity. Pakistan’s religious freedom record has been a matter of international concern. The 2020 report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has said Ahmadis continue to face “severe persecution from authorities as well as societal harassment due to their beliefs.” Both government authorities and mobs target their places of worship. In October 2019, the report said, police in Punjab partially demolished a 70-year-old Ahmadiyya mosque. Pakistan’s National Commission for Minorities gives some status, voice, and protections to minorities in a country where over 90% of people identify as Muslim. A Hindu has been nominated to chair the minorities commission, whose members include representatives of Christian, Kalash, Sikh, and Zoroastrian communities. Government officials and the head of Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology also have commission seats. State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan, a vocal opponent of including the Ahmadis on the commission, has referred to them as agents of chaos. “If they want to avail constitutional rights they must accept the constitution first,” he told Reuters. “The Pakistani constitution considers them non-Muslims.” Usman Ahmad, an Ahmadi representative, told Reuters it is a “complete myth” that they did not accept the constitution. He added that many people disagree with parts of the constitution but still have rights under it. He said his community is used to exclusion and has never accepted classification as non-Muslim. “We’ve never joined such commissions that require us to accept our non-Muslim status,” he said. Minister of Information Shibli Faraz has said the rights of all people were fully respected in the handling of the commission. “Every country has the sovereign right to make judgments according to its ground realities,” he told Reuters. Khan, the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, had posted to Twitter, then deleted, a comment “There is only one punishment for insulting the Prophet - chopping off the head.” He said he believed in “legal procedures and court proceedings” for those accused of blasphemy. Twitter told him to delete the post, Reuters reports. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws impose strict punishment on those who desecrate the Quran or who defame or insult Muhammad. Although the government has never executed a person under the blasphemy laws, accusations alone have inspired mob and vigilante violence. The laws, introduced in the 1980s, are reportedly used to settle scores or to persecute religious minorities. While non-Muslims constitute only 3 percent of the Pakistani population, 14 percent of blasphemy cases have been levied against them. Many of those accused of blasphemy are murdered, and advocates of changing the law are also targeted by violence. The Governor of Punjab Salman Taseer was one such critic of the law who was assassinated in January 2011. Just months later, in March 2011, Shahbaz Bhatti, the first Federal Minister For Minorities Affairs and the only Christian in Pakistan’s cabinet, was assassinated by extremists who characterized him as a blasphemer. Bhatti had criticized the law and defended Asia Bibi, a Catholic woman sentenced to death by hanging in 2010 for blasphemy. Bibi spent nine years on death row, but left Pakistan for Canada in 2019 at the age of 53 after her death sentence was overturned in October 2018. The verdict and her subsequent release from prison sparked protests from Islamic hardliners who support strong blasphemy laws. In Punjab last year, a mob attacked a Christian community after a mosque broadcast over loudspeaker a claim that the Christians had insulted Islam. In another incident in Karachi, false blasphemy accusations against four Christian women prompted mob violence that forced nearly 200 Christian families to flee their homes, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said. The situation in Pakistan has attention from some prominent Catholics. In a Jan. 21, 2020 letter written on behalf of Philadelphia’s Pakistani Catholic community, then-Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles J. Chaput encouraged Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan to shape a culture of religious freedom The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s latest annual report said religious freedom conditions in Pakistan continued to deteriorate last year, citing “The systematic enforcement of blasphemy and anti-Ahmadiyya laws, and authorities’ failure to address forced conversions of religious minorities—including Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs—to Islam.” The bipartisan federal commission advises the U.S. government on policy. Its report recommended that the U.S. government name Pakistan a country of particular concern for “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.” In December 2018, for the first time, the U.S. State Department designated Pakistan a “Country of Particular Concern.” The designation, which can trigger sanctions under U.S. law, had been recommended by the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom in 2017 and 2018. The latest commission report recommended that Pakistan be re-designated a “Country of Particular Concern,” given “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.” Full Article Asia - Pacific
pakistan Sharing Christmas with Pakistani neighbours By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:18:12 +0000 OM Hong Kong hosts a Christmas party on 23 December 2011 for Pakistani women and children. Full Article
pakistan Pakistan minorities commission excludes Ahmadi religious group By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 06:01:00 -0600 CNA Staff, May 9, 2020 / 06:01 am (CNA).- Pakistan’s government has declined to include the Ahmadi religious group in its National Commission for Minorities, drawing attention to the group whose Muslim self-identification is rejected by many Muslims. In a note seen by Reuters, Pakistan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs said Ahmadis should not be included in the commission “given the religious and historical sensitivity of the issue.” Pakistan’s constitution does not recognize the Ahmadis as Muslim. However, Ahmadis consider themselves part of Islam. The movement was founded in 1889 in British-ruled India. They consider their founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad a “subordinate prophet.” Other Muslims see this as a violation of the tenet that Muhammad was the last prophet. There are about 500,000 Ahmadis in Pakistan and up to 20 million adherents worldwide. Some observers estimate the Ahmadi population in Pakistan is higher, but persecution encourages Ahmadis to hide their identity. Pakistan’s religious freedom record has been a matter of international concern. The 2020 report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has said Ahmadis continue to face “severe persecution from authorities as well as societal harassment due to their beliefs.” Both government authorities and mobs target their places of worship. In October 2019, the report said, police in Punjab partially demolished a 70-year-old Ahmadiyya mosque. Pakistan’s National Commission for Minorities gives some status, voice, and protections to minorities in a country where over 90% of people identify as Muslim. A Hindu has been nominated to chair the minorities commission, whose members include representatives of Christian, Kalash, Sikh, and Zoroastrian communities. Government officials and the head of Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology also have commission seats. State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan, a vocal opponent of including the Ahmadis on the commission, has referred to them as agents of chaos. “If they want to avail constitutional rights they must accept the constitution first,” he told Reuters. “The Pakistani constitution considers them non-Muslims.” Usman Ahmad, an Ahmadi representative, told Reuters it is a “complete myth” that they did not accept the constitution. He added that many people disagree with parts of the constitution but still have rights under it. He said his community is used to exclusion and has never accepted classification as non-Muslim. “We’ve never joined such commissions that require us to accept our non-Muslim status,” he said. Minister of Information Shibli Faraz has said the rights of all people were fully respected in the handling of the commission. “Every country has the sovereign right to make judgments according to its ground realities,” he told Reuters. Khan, the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, had posted to Twitter, then deleted, a comment “There is only one punishment for insulting the Prophet - chopping off the head.” He said he believed in “legal procedures and court proceedings” for those accused of blasphemy. Twitter told him to delete the post, Reuters reports. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws impose strict punishment on those who desecrate the Quran or who defame or insult Muhammad. Although the government has never executed a person under the blasphemy laws, accusations alone have inspired mob and vigilante violence. The laws, introduced in the 1980s, are reportedly used to settle scores or to persecute religious minorities. While non-Muslims constitute only 3 percent of the Pakistani population, 14 percent of blasphemy cases have been levied against them. Many of those accused of blasphemy are murdered, and advocates of changing the law are also targeted by violence. The Governor of Punjab Salman Taseer was one such critic of the law who was assassinated in January 2011. Just months later, in March 2011, Shahbaz Bhatti, the first Federal Minister For Minorities Affairs and the only Christian in Pakistan’s cabinet, was assassinated by extremists who characterized him as a blasphemer. Bhatti had criticized the law and defended Asia Bibi, a Catholic woman sentenced to death by hanging in 2010 for blasphemy. Bibi spent nine years on death row, but left Pakistan for Canada in 2019 at the age of 53 after her death sentence was overturned in October 2018. The verdict and her subsequent release from prison sparked protests from Islamic hardliners who support strong blasphemy laws. In Punjab last year, a mob attacked a Christian community after a mosque broadcast over loudspeaker a claim that the Christians had insulted Islam. In another incident in Karachi, false blasphemy accusations against four Christian women prompted mob violence that forced nearly 200 Christian families to flee their homes, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said. The situation in Pakistan has attention from some prominent Catholics. In a Jan. 21, 2020 letter written on behalf of Philadelphia’s Pakistani Catholic community, then-Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles J. Chaput encouraged Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan to shape a culture of religious freedom The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s latest annual report said religious freedom conditions in Pakistan continued to deteriorate last year, citing “The systematic enforcement of blasphemy and anti-Ahmadiyya laws, and authorities’ failure to address forced conversions of religious minorities—including Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs—to Islam.” The bipartisan federal commission advises the U.S. government on policy. Its report recommended that the U.S. government name Pakistan a country of particular concern for “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.” In December 2018, for the first time, the U.S. State Department designated Pakistan a “Country of Particular Concern.” The designation, which can trigger sanctions under U.S. law, had been recommended by the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom in 2017 and 2018. The latest commission report recommended that Pakistan be re-designated a “Country of Particular Concern,” given “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.” Full Article Asia - Pacific
pakistan Fin24.com | Pakistan's 'penniless billionaires' expose money laundering frenzy By www.fin24.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:24:13 +0200 It took rickshaw driver Mohammad Rasheed a year to save 300 rupees to buy his daughter a bike, so when he found three billion rupees ($22.5 million) had passed through an unused bank account in his name, he was stunned ... and scared. Full Article
pakistan Pakistan Players Push Back Boundaries With Zoom Cricket By sports.ndtv.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:14:59 +0530 Shan Masood was video-chatting with teammates when they grabbed their cricket gear and pretended to play a match. Full Article Cricket
pakistan Pakistan Focusing to Reform its Tourism Industry By www.visareporter.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT After Pakistan planned to reform its tourism industry, it can already see changes. The government recently announced that it will allow citizens of 24 countries to enter Pakistan on a visa-on-arrival basis. These 24 countries include Singapore, South… Full Article
pakistan COVID-19: Pakistan reports record 1,764 new cases; death toll nears 600 By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T15:30:00+05:30 It also said that the suspension of domestic flight operation will continue up to May 10. The earlier order was to expire on May 7. Full Article Health Lifestyle
pakistan Congress, ecosystem rising against Parliament, silent on Pakistan: PM Modi slams anti-CAA protests By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-01-03T00:41:00+05:30 Addressing a gathering at Siddaganga Matha in Tumkur in Karnataka, Modi accused the Opposition of remaining silent on Pakistan’s “atrocities on Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Christians” and said “jis tarah ki nafrat hum logon se karte hain, vaisa hi swar ab desh ki sansad ke khilaf dikh raha hai. Full Article India
pakistan There’s too much hype about Pakistan’s nuclear capability: Anil Kakodkar By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-01-05T01:46:00+05:30 Nuclear physicists Kakodkar and Gangotra believe India’s nuclear industry “lost time” due to liability regime that followed 2008 nuclear deal, say country should aim for 50% nuclear energy, and insist that the space programme is about “national pride”, not jingoism Full Article India
pakistan Not Virender Sehwag, but this Pakistani batsman, changed opening batting in Test cricket, says Wasim Akram By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-03-30T15:26:00+05:30 Akram also said that he listened to his gut feeling and former Pakistani captain, Imran Khan’s advice, to take Shahid Afridi on the tour to India when he was originally not supposed to be included in the squad. Full Article Sports
pakistan Former Pakistani cricketer warns bowlers against sledging Virat Kohli By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-09T13:45:00+05:30 Earlier, Michael Clarke had said that Australian players who were keen to join the ludicrous Indian Premier League did not want to take on players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Full Article Sports
pakistan Shoaib Akhtar ‘out of mind’ to propose India-Pakistan match amid Covid-19 pandemic: Kapil Dev By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-10T16:12:43+05:30 Earlier Shoaib Akhtar had made an appeal to Indian authorities to manufacture 10,000 ventilators to support Pakistan’s crumbling health infrastructure and an ailing economy. Full Article Sports
pakistan More chances of snowfall in Lahore than India-Pakistan bilateral series: Sunil Gavaskar By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-14T21:37:00+05:30 Shoaib Akhtar had proposed a made-for-television three-match ODI series between India and Pakistan to raise funds for the fight against Coronavirus pandemic. Full Article Sports
pakistan Was his decision to rule Sachin Tendulkar out in India vs Pakistan game correct? ‘Yes’, says umpire Ian Gould By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-26T14:37:00+05:30 He said that his mind was "gone" after that reversal of decision, and like a fielder who wishes that balls don’t come to them after dropping a catch, he too wished that no other batsman would get hit on the pads after that. Full Article Sports
pakistan Pakistan confers highest civilian award on Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2019-02-19T00:23:00+05:30 Pakistan on Monday conferred its highest civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman for his “outstanding support” in reinvigorating the ties between the two countries. Full Article World News
pakistan Proximity to Pakistan may affect goodwill, BJP team tells China By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2019-09-07T05:48:00+05:30 The 11-member high-level BJP delegation led by general secretary Arun Singh also urged China to take measures to increase imports from India so that the $57.86 billion trade deficit could be brought down. Full Article India
pakistan India strongly protests against the recent order of Pakistan Supreme Court to allow elections in Gilgit Baltistan By www.lawyersclubindia.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 11:30:56 GMT Pakistan Supreme Court has passed an Order on 30th April to make amendments in the Gilgit Baltistan Order of 2018 to conduct the general assembly elections in that area.India has lodged a strong protest with Islamabad against these directions of the Full Article
pakistan Reasons For India's Win Over Pakistan At World Cup By www.thebuzzdiary.com Published On :: 6 Reasons For India's 6th Win Over Pakistan At World Cup Cricket- TheBuzzDiary.com Full Article
pakistan Seychellois Rupee(SCR)/Pakistani Rupee(PKR) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:36 UTC 1 Seychellois Rupee = 9.2992 Pakistani Rupee Full Article Seychellois Rupee
pakistan Trinidad and Tobago Dollar(TTD)/Pakistani Rupee(PKR) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:36 UTC 1 Trinidad and Tobago Dollar = 23.6254 Pakistani Rupee Full Article Trinidad and Tobago Dollar
pakistan Swedish Krona(SEK)/Pakistani Rupee(PKR) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:34 UTC 1 Swedish Krona = 16.3377 Pakistani Rupee Full Article Swedish Krona
pakistan Slovak Koruna(SKK)/Pakistani Rupee(PKR) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:34 UTC 1 Slovak Koruna = 7.1895 Pakistani Rupee Full Article Slovak Koruna
pakistan Serbian Dinar(RSD)/Pakistani Rupee(PKR) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:33 UTC 1 Serbian Dinar = 1.472 Pakistani Rupee Full Article Serbian Dinar
pakistan Polish Zloty(PLN)/Pakistani Rupee(PKR) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:31 UTC 1 Polish Zloty = 37.969 Pakistani Rupee Full Article Polish Zloty
pakistan Qatari Rial(QAR)/Pakistani Rupee(PKR) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:31 UTC 1 Qatari Rial = 43.8474 Pakistani Rupee Full Article Qatari Rial
pakistan Indian Rupee(INR)/Pakistani Rupee(PKR) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 9:17:13 UTC 1 Indian Rupee = 2.1145 Pakistani Rupee Full Article Indian Rupee
pakistan Pakistani Rupee(PKR)/Iraqi Dinar(IQD) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:29 UTC 1 Pakistani Rupee = 7.4538 Iraqi Dinar Full Article Pakistani Rupee
pakistan Pakistani Rupee(PKR)/Zambian Kwacha(ZMK) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:29 UTC 1 Pakistani Rupee = 32.5055 Zambian Kwacha Full Article Pakistani Rupee
pakistan Pakistani Rupee(PKR)/South African Rand(ZAR) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:29 UTC 1 Pakistani Rupee = 0.1149 South African Rand Full Article Pakistani Rupee
pakistan Pakistani Rupee(PKR)/Yemeni Rial(YER) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:29 UTC 1 Pakistani Rupee = 1.5683 Yemeni Rial Full Article Pakistani Rupee
pakistan Pakistani Rupee(PKR)/CFA Franc BCEAO(XOF) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:29 UTC 1 Pakistani Rupee = 3.7895 CFA Franc BCEAO Full Article Pakistani Rupee
pakistan Pakistani Rupee(PKR)/Vietnamese Dong(VND) By www.fx-exchange.com Published On :: Sat May 9 2020 16:25:29 UTC 1 Pakistani Rupee = 146.5738 Vietnamese Dong Full Article Pakistani Rupee