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KARACHI: In a recent video message, Sohail Abro, chairman of the Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM), urged international human rights organisations to intervene for the safe release of Priya Kumari, a young Hindu girl who went missing two years ago while serving mourners of a Muharram procession in Sindh. ...

NEW DELHI: Women and children in Pakistan belonging to religious minority communities are vulnerable to forced religious conversion and marriage, sexual violence and trafficking, the UN experts said on Thursday.The statement further called upon the Pakistani authorities to treat women including those belonging to "Hindu and Christian" communities without ...

Chandigarh, Apr 12: Sardar Jitendar Singh–a pharmacist and herbal practitioner– who was forced to move to Lahore along with his family from Peshawar about a year ago because of security reasons, served food at an Iftar Langar organised by him for Muslims during the fasting month of Ramadan, in ...

Sharing her views on Rahul Gandhi, actor Kangana Ranaut, who will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on the BJP's ticket from Mandi in her home state, Himachal Pradesh, said that things were ‘forced upon’ the Congress MP, implying that he became a politician against his wishes. “I think ...

Mehbooba Mufti. | Photo Credit: PTI J&K’s former Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah on Thursday claimed the J&K Lieutenant Governor’s administration “forced” government employees to attend the public rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium and Kashmir International Convention Centre.   Ms. Mufti, president of the ...

A group of Indian men who went on a holiday to Russia in December are now trapped and are said to have been forced to fight against Ukraine.The seven men, who are from Punjab and Haryana, travelled there on December 27 to celebrate the Christian Orthodox new year on ...

Usman Khawaja. | (Image Credits: Twitter) Australian opener Usman Khawaja has reignited the debate around the banned dove logo on day 3 of the 1st Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. The left-handed batter was forced to remove the dove logo holding an olive branch ...

Australia opener Usman Khawaja was forced to remove a banned dove sticker from a replacement bat during the second innings against New Zealand in the Wellington Test on Monday. Batting on day three after Australia had a 217-run lead overnight, Khawaja was forced to call in for a replacement ...

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday urged “all Indian nationals to exercise due caution and stay away from conflict.” The ministry also said it is aware that a few Indian nationals have signed up for jobs with the Russian Armed Forces, and is working to seek ...

At least three Indians who were hired as “army security helpers” in Russia were allegedly forced to fight alongside the country’s forces in its war against Ukraine, The Hindu reported on Tuesday.According to The Hindu, the matter only came to light after the family of one of the Indian ...