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Pakistan: Baloch people storm Islamabad to protest against ongoing genocide and extra-judicial killings, police resort to harassment and torture

ANI - 22 December, 2023

The Baloch Yakjahti Committee took to social media to share the distressing experience faced by the detained women while urging the Baloch nation to persist in their protests against the treatment of protesters in Islamabad.

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“People of Palestine have high expectations from Pakistan”: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh urges ‘brave’ Pakistan to help Gaza against Israel

OpIndia Staff - 7 December, 2023

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said that Pakistan is a brave nation and that it should help the people of Gaza in the war against Israel

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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, workers baton-charged and arrested for planning ‘Gaza March’ outside US embassy without permission

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2023

Several leaders and members of Jamaat-e-Islami arrested in Pakistan for planning to stage a protest outside the US embassy in Islamabad

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Woman power: Geetika Srivastava to become first woman chargé d’affaires at Indian high commission in Pakistan, Kaziranga National Park to get first woman director

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2023

Srivastava hails from the 2005 batch of the Indian Foreign Service. She served in the Indian embassy in China during 2007-09. Dr Sonali Ghosh is the first woman to become field director in KNP's 118 year old history

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The marriage of Imran Khan with Bushra Bibi was illegal under Islamic law? Islamabad court summons them both

ANI - 18 July, 2023

Cleric Mufti Muhammad Saeed who conducted the marriage between Imran and Bushra submitted in his statements to court that Khan had married Bushra Bibi during the latter's iddat, despite knowing everything.

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Pakistan: Islamabad police attempt to arrest Maulana Abdul Aziz, gets assaulted by burqa-clad female students of madarsa

OpIndia Staff - 25 June, 2023

Maulana Abdul Aziz, an Islamist leader in Pakistan, has consistently been promoting extremist ideologies and has faced numerous accusations related to terrorism.

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Pakistan: Islamabad brings law recognising Hindu Marriage after 75 years of the country coming into existence

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2023

Islamabad administration has notified the rules for Hindu Marriage Act 2017 more than five years after its passage.

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Pakistan: Islamabad court reserves verdict in case seeking disqualification of Imran Khan for not mentioning his alleged daughter

ANI - 30 March, 2023

As per the details, IHC Chief Justice Amir Farooq and other judges reserved the verdict. Earlier, the larger bench of IHC sought a response from PTI chairman Imran Khan in the case.

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