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Pakistan: Detection of poliovirus in sewage water samples raises new concerns

Pakistan: Detection of poliovirus in sewage water samples raises new concerns

The recent detection of poliovirus in sewage water samples collected across 30 districts in Pakistan has sparked new concerns about a potential surge in polio cases, VOA reported yesterday. Pakistani Health officials have set out to eradicate imported strains of…
HRW presents evidence of violence against Afghan female athletes to UN

HRW presents evidence of violence against Afghan female athletes to UN

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday submitted a report on violence against Afghan women to the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Afghanistan International reported today. According to the article, the report also highlights violence against women in Mali and Haiti, exploitation…
Kashmir: Muslims barred from Eid prayers at Srinagar’s Jamia masjid for fifth consecutive year

Kashmir: Muslims barred from Eid prayers at Srinagar’s Jamia masjid for fifth consecutive year

The historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Kashmir, was once again prohibited from hosting congregational Eid prayers, and its head cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house detention on Eid day, Kashmir Media Service reported. The Indian authorities locked the…
Pakistan: 18 pilgrims dead, over 50 injured as truck en route to Shah Noorani shrine falls into ravine

Pakistan: 18 pilgrims dead, over 50 injured as truck en route to Shah Noorani shrine falls into ravine

A deadly truck accident in Balochistan’s Hub district late Wednesday night has claimed at least 18 lives and injured more than 50 after a vehicle fell in a ditch, local news reported. “The truck was overspeeding and it went out…
Egypt: Administrative Court rules to lift ban on wearing niqab in schools

Egypt: Administrative Court rules to lift ban on wearing niqab in schools

Egypt’s Administrative Court of the State Council ruled to accept a lawsuit to suspend the ban on wearing the niqab in schools in form, while rejecting it in substance. Two Egyptian citizens, Haitham Abdel Mageed and Ashraf Abdel Ghani, filed…
On blessed Eid al-Fitr, Afghan school girls reiterate their calls for reopening education institutions

On blessed Eid al-Fitr, Afghan school girls reiterate their calls for reopening education institutions

A large number of girls deprived of education in Afghanistan have reiterated their demsnds to the de facto government, Taliban, to reopen educational institutions on the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Fitr. Shia Waves Agency quoted the Indian news agency…
Kashmiri apple farmers fear loss of land, livelihood to railway project

Kashmiri apple farmers fear loss of land, livelihood to railway project

In Indian-administered Kashmir, some Kashmiri apple farmers have been shocked when government officials arrived at their orchards without notice and began measuring their land for the construction of a railway line, Al Jazeera reported in an article published today, April…
Afghanistan ranks 178th in World Bank report for women’s economic participation

Afghanistan ranks 178th in World Bank report for women’s economic participation

The most recent report from the World Bank on the economic and business status of women has placed the women’s economic participation in Afghanistan at 178th position out of 190 countries, higher than countries such as Iran, Yemen, and Palestine.…
Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi announces tomorrow, Wednesday, as first of Shawaal

Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi announces tomorrow, Wednesday, as first of Shawaal

The office of His Eminence, the Supreme Religious Authority Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has announced Wednesday 10th April 2024 as the first of the month of Shawaal marking it as day of Eid al- Fitr 1445 AH. On…
Afghanistan: Over 24,000 Herati families still homeless 6 months after earthquake, says UN

Afghanistan: Over 24,000 Herati families still homeless 6 months after earthquake, says UN

The United Nations Coordination Office for Humanitarian Assistance has announced that 24,800 Herati families impacted by the earthquake are residing in makeshift shelters like tents, reported Khaama Press. More details in the following report: In an article published yesterday, April…
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