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MPs to vote on assisted dying as row over ministerial criticism deepens

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Justice Legislation Vote Cabinet Bill Secretary

1 year, 2 months ago

Home Minister Lands in a Soup After Publicly Slapping a Constable

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Home Minister Mohd Mahmood Ali on Friday landed in trouble for slapping his personnel security officer Ramu Naik, who belongs to the Scheduled Tribes community, at a public meeting for a delay in handing over a bouquet at a function. It was a function marking the launch of the Chief Minister's breakfast programme by minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav, who, …

Minister Pso Constable Home Minister Mahmood Ali

1 year, 2 months ago

Pakistan’s Ahmadis living in fear as graves, religious sites attacked

Al Jazeera

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says at least 34 attacks on Ahmadi religious sites have taken place this year. Mahmood said at least 74 graves were vandalised in Punjab’s Daska city last week while minarets of two Ahmadi places of worship were demolished near the provincial capital, Lahore. “The religious party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, also threatened the local administration of serious …

Community Religious Pakistan Worship Muslims Told Our Community

1 year, 4 months ago

The holiest place you've never heard of

BBC

In Pictures: The protectors of a 7,000-year-old faith Simon Urwin Lalish is a tiny mountain village in Kurdistan with a population of just 25. "Lalish is as sacred to the Yazidis as Mecca is to Muslims or Jerusalem is to the followers of Islam, Christianity and Judaism," said Luqman Mahmood, the director of visitor relations. "Another important facet of the …

Credit Muslims Simon Mecca Mahmood Yazidi Kurdistan

1 year, 7 months ago

Pakistan: Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrested again; law of the jungle, says Imran Khan

India TV News

Former Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was arrested again on Tuesday. Qureshi was among the top PTI leaders arrested after violent protests erupted following Khan's arrest on May 9. Like Qureshi, Khan's close aide and former minister for human rights Shireen Mazari was also re-arrested on Monday. On Tuesday, Fayyazul Hassan Chohan, another key leader in Khan's party, said …

Pakistan Party Minister Pti Khan Imran Khan Isi

1 year, 11 months ago

Makki Now an Int’l Terrorist: But China Continues to Protect 'The Brute Four' Diplomatically

News 18

While the United Nations Security Council has notified Abdul Rehman Makki as an international terrorist, China has been managing to protect four Pakistan-based terrorists — 26/11 key accused Abdul Rauf, Sajid Mir, Shahid Mahmood and Talha Saeed — involved in planning terror activities in India. A look at the four: ABDUL RAUF AZHAR Abdul Rauf Azhar is a terrorist who …

India China Pakistan Indian Mir Attacks Let

2 years, 6 months ago

As Sri Lanka's economic crisis worsens, Australians are desperate to get family over for 'a bit of relief'

ABC

Power outages for six to eight hours a day, waiting in queues for several hours for groceries, petrol and medicine – hoping there will be enough supply at the end of the line. This is what everyday life looks like for Rizan Rizvi's family in Sri Lanka as the country faces its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years. …

Family Sri Lanka Australia Economic Tamil Home Affairs Crisis

2 years, 6 months ago

Telangana HM subtly blames Advanced times in Hyderabad rape case

Op India

On Saturday, Telangana Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali courted controversy after he subtly blamed the minor victim in the Hyderabad rape case. Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali remarked, “Advance zamana aa chuka hai… kuch galtiya ho rahi hai uska bohot dukh hai par police zaroor control karegi.” Rape apologists in India often blame a myriad of things, other than the …

Hyderabad Rape Victim Case Telangana Minister Fir

3 years, 4 months ago

‘When the blood starts’: Spike in Ahmadi persecution in Pakistan

Al Jazeera

Attacks and blasphemy cases against Pakistan’s Ahmadi sect spike, driven by the rise of a far-right group and a religious campaigner. “It creates an atmosphere of dread, encouraging self-censorship, making it impossible to follow religious rituals without incurring a significant risk.” Rabia Mahmood, an independent human rights researcher who works on the persecution of Pakistani minorities, says the TLP uses …

Community Religious Pakistan Hate Speech Islam Cases Muslim

4 years, 4 months ago

Zakat Foundation: Links to Zakir Naik, Islamist orgs and menacing ideology