Islamabad, April 5. All Pakistan Minorities Alliance chairman and former federal minister for national harmony and minorities affairs, Paul Jacob Bhatti, has urged the government to establish an independent parliamentary commission to analyze cases of forced religious conversion and marriage of...
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Islamabad, April 4 – Human rights lawyers and advocates have sharply criticised the recent ruling by Pakistan's Federal Constitutional Court, which upheld the marriage of a minor Christian girl, Maria Shahbaz, to a Muslim man accused of kidnapping her, while rejecting a habeas corpus petition...
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Seoul, April 4, Thousands of people took to the streets in central Seoul on Saturday, commemorating or opposing the removal of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was convicted of insurrection, on the first anniversary of his removal from office.Nearly 1,000 people gathered in...
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In Islamabad, Christians, human rights advocates, and members of civil society in Pakistan held protests against a federal court ruling that upheld the forced conversion of a Christian girl by a Muslim man, local media reported.The protests followed a decision by the Federal Constitutional...
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New Delhi, March 20 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Anutin Charnvirakul on his election as the Prime Minister of Thailand and expressed his readiness to work closely with him.PM Modi stated that he and Charnvirakul will further strengthen the strategic partnership between India...
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Seoul, March 12 – A set of judicial reform laws were officially proclaimed on Thursday, allowing constitutional appeals of South Korea's Supreme Court rulings, punishment for judges who intentionally distort legal principles, and an expansion of the top court.The reforms marked the first major...
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