Tag: FAMILIES

Seventeen months of wait, a host of denied permissions, and after having dealt with a severe bout of angst, it was a sweet reunion for 105-year-old Hajra Bibi from Pakistan with her niece, Hanifan, 60, at the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, last week (Thursday). ...

Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) Nov 18 : As relatives of 40 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel wait for them to come out, a relative of a worker trapped inside the tunnel said that despite assurances nothing seemed to be happening.Deepak kumar (23), a resident of Bihar’s Muzzaffarpur is one of ...

This initiative is aimed at promoting socially inclusive access to education for all children in the state, irrespective of their socioeconomic backgrounds. | ANI Kabul . November 12, Families of Afghans who were repatriated to eastern Nangarhar province have requested the government to provide their children with educational facilities ...

The eviction of 17 families living for decades at the Kabul House, where Afghanistan's exiled king Mohd Yakub Khan lived from 1879 till his death in 1923, began on Thursday following a court order.The historic building -- spread over 19 bighas of land and estimated to be worth more ...

NL Corresspondent Jammu Tawi: In a pathbreaking initiative to provide special provisions for students coming from defence families for admission to different courses,  Arni University (AU), today announced that the University has been empanelled for Jammu and Kashmir Scholarship Scheme under which it would offer admission to students recommended ...

Karachi, Pakistan —  It was an emotional scene at Sohrab Goth bus terminal when Jannat Bibi, a 50-year-old Afghan woman, bid farewell to the only home her children have ever known. After 35 years in Karachi, she and her eight children were making the difficult journey back to Afghanistan. ...

Pakistan's Supreme Court this week declared that trying civilians in military courts is unlawful. The ruling immediately affects more than 100 people in military custody who were arrested when supporters of former Prime Minster Imran Khan stormed military installations to protest his May 9 arrest. VOA Pakistan bureau chief ...

Jammu, Oct 24: In a display of gratitude to those killed in the line of duty, police officers launched an outreach initiative by visiting scores of families of these bravehearts, and paid tributes to them in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district.Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) ...

#Pakistan News Outraged residents say they will resist a "racist" Danish law which allows large numbers of people to be evicted from social housing in areas where the authorities say there are too many immigrants. "It's straight up racism," said Jawad, a doctor from Mjolnerparken in central Copenhagen, which ...

Breaktime at school, and 13-year-old Harry was crouching in the only place he felt safe — a bush in the corner of the playground.Since returning to school after lockdown, he had been relentlessly bullied by a gang of children. 'I told loads of teachers multiple times. They never even talked ...