Tajikistan bans Russified surnames
Lawmakers in a move to revive traditional names approve a bill banning identification documents containing Russified surname News Desk DUSHANBE:
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Pakistan’s human rights record worrisome: HRCP
Covid-19 pandemic affecting human rights, weakest segments of society invisible and unheard, notes HRCP in its flagship report High Asia
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Polls: SC puts Gilgit-Baltistan govt on notice
Herald Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday put on notice the advocate general and government of Gilgit-Baltistan on
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Outrage on preacher’s misogynistic remarks against women
Political, social, human rights activists condemn Maulana Tariq Jameel for insulting 220m people, women and media High Asia Herald
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Imran Khan sidelined by military during coronavirus outbreak
Pakistan prime minister’s halting approach has left a gap for the army to step in and orchestrate policy, says a
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Govt asked to withdraw deal with clerics, enforce complete lockdown
Doctors, WHO, and HRCP warn the government against the spike in Coronavirus cases if religious congregations allowed High Asia
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Safeguarding public interest and role of bureaucracy
By Mesum Qasmi Bureaucracy has three major roles to play: maintain social order, implement laws and policies framed by
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GB works minister resigns in protest
Dr Muhammad Iqbal announced his resignation after a scuffle with home depart secretary over easing lockdown Bureau Report
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The obliterate villainous guest of 2020
The social solidarity across the globe is the main measure to stop the episode of COVID-19 By Zahra Arshad Before
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Sacred savagery
Ismat Shahjehan, president Women Democratic Front holding Mashal Khan’s portrait and other activists at the Student Solidarity March at Islamabad
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Central Asian regimes and power transit models
Modern Central Asian regimes remain autocratic, but are they to become hereditary quasi monarchies in the near future? At
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How will COVID-19 affect global food supplies?
A Pakistani worker in Karachi sorts wheat grain on April 7 to make flour to keep people fed during the
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Coronavirus pandemic could have been prevented, says Chomsky
Chomsky slams US’s handling of the virus as he warns nuclear war, global warming threats will remain after a pandemic
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Bernie Sanders, who reshaped US politics, ends presidential run
The inspirational senator’s youth-led movement pushed for sweeping social change but fell far behind Joe Biden in a bid for
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Judicial murder of Bhutto
Today is the 41st anniversary of the hanging of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan By Waseem
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