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Source link www.rferl.org The education of girls and women is universally accepted in more than 200 countries and territories, including nearly 50 Muslim-majority nations. But Afghanistan’s hard-line Islamist Taliban rulers have banned teenage girls from attending school after the sixth grade since they returned to power two years ago. ...

Issued on: 16/06/2023 - 12:17 Transgender people, who call themselves Khawaja Siras, have always enjoyed a special status on the Indian subcontinent. For five years, Pakistan enjoyed one of the most progressive laws in the world, recognising the existence of a "third gender". But this law has just been ...

Sinthan Top is an off-beat tourist destination in Jammu and Kashmir. It lies 12,500 feet above sea level and is snow-capped for most of the year. Located between South Kashmir's Breng Valley (Sub-District Kokernag) in Anantnag district and Kishtwar district of Chenab Valley in the Indian union territory of ...

Issued on: 30/12/2022 - 14:57Modified: 30/12/2022 - 15:01 Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders. The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were "especially deadly decades for ...

JMC Mayor, Rajinder Sharma, Deputy Mayor, Baldev Singh Billawaria and chairman, Swach Bharat Committee JMC, Hardev Singh Mankotia talking to reporters at Jammu on Thursday.. —Excelsior/Rakesh JMC Mayor, Rajinder Sharma, Deputy Mayor, Baldev Singh Billawaria and chairman, Swach Bharat Committee JMC, Hardev Singh Mankotia talking to reporters at Jammu ...

Issued on: 11/11/2022 - 12:57 Despite being responsible for less than 1 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, Pakistan is among the countries worst affected by extreme weather events due to climate change. This summer, it was hit by torrential rains during what the UN chief called "a monsoon ...

Islamabad: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Sunday (May 22) began enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air. The move is part of a hard-line shift drawing condemnation from rights activists. After the order was announced Thursday, only a handful ...

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#Pakistan News Asia-Pacific was the deadliest region for journalist, with 20 killings, then came the Americas with 10, Africa with eight, Europe with six, according to the International Federation of Journalists. The IFJ said the numbers in 2021 confirm a trend showing that media staff are most often killed ...

Beloved shows removed from the airwaves. A television station cutting from a news report a story about a pregnant police officer who was reportedly fatally shot by the Taliban. A radio editor telling his colleagues to edit out anti-Taliban cheers from coverage of demonstrations in the capital.Afghanistan’s vibrant free ...