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Karachi, Pakistan: Women march for autonomy, gendered equality, resistance
Karachi, Pakistan’s port city marched and marched with slogans like #MeraJismMeriMarzi #Azaadi #AuratMarchKarachi #AuratMarch for women’s dignity, autonomy and voice
Tit for Tat
The niggardly standard of Indian diplomacy with respect to three of its neighbouring countries : Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, is getting exposed.
Maha ATC nabs 12 “Bangladeshi nationals” in Palghar on tip-off
Police say they did not have valid documents, 9 of those arrested are women
Pakistan’s Minorities, Hindus, Sikhs & Christians react to India’s CAA/CAB
A woman in Guwahati walks past a graffiti opposing...
B’desh Minister asks for list of illegal migrants, agrees to take them back
Reports suggest that the relations between Bangladesh and India seem to have normalized after speculation that the same had gone sour. Reportedly, assurances have been made by both sides to co-operate and continue to be friendly neighbourhood allies; one doesn’t know how long will this last.
927 Sikhs and Hindus granted citizenship since 2018
In one of the questions on December 11 in Rajya Sabha came a question from Dr. Kirodi Lal Meena of BJP seeking data on citizenship given to refugees from particularly Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Bangladesh rejects Amit Shah’s remarks on religious minorities
The government will study the matter before taking it up with India, Foreign Minister Abdul Momen said
Sri Lankan refugees, the persecuted people that CAB is forgetting
While considering granting citizenship to Non-Muslim immigrants from neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, the Centre has been conspicuous in excluding the more than 1 lakh Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka.
Hindus and Muslims help renovate a gurudwara in Pakistan
The gurudwara in Pakistan’s Sindh has no Sikh population and had been shut since partition
Does Pakistan really have a ‘nefarious intent’ with regard to opening the Kartarpur corridor?
Punjab CM says he always thought the opening of the Kartarpur corridor had a hidden agenda to restart Sikh militancy
27 year old journalist killed, for going to work: Pakistan
Urooj Iqbal is the seventh female journalist killed in 2019
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