Naqvi asserted that for Indian Muslims, India is the "best and safest" place in the world. He dismissed the allegations as a "nefarious, misleading and criminal campaign" by the Pakistani establishment against India.
Stopping the worshippers from religious rituals in mandir (temple) is against the law of the land, the complainants said in their application.
The findings in the report presents a general picture of decay and obliteration of two of the four most revered evacuee sites in Pakistan
Earlier in July, the CDA stopped construction of the boundary wall on the plot meant for the temple, citing legal reasons.
Pakistani Hindus are celebrating Diwali with zeal and fervour, with families decorating their houses and temples with colourful lights
Baldev Kumar has been staying with his wife Bhavana and two children in his in-laws' house in Punjab's Khanna town for over a month.
The Hindu veterinary doctor, identified as Ramesh Kumar, was arrested on Monday under the country's strict blasphemy laws after a local cleric filed a police complaint accusing him of committing blasphemy.
After the two Pakistani Hindu girls were kidnapped, soon a video went viral in which a cleric was purportedly shown solemnising the Nikah (marriage) of the two girls, triggering nationwide outrage.
Suman, who passed her LLB. examination from Hyderabad and did her masters in law from Karachi’s Szabist University will serve in her native district of Qambar-Shahdadkot.
Naqvi said that number of minorities like Hindus, Sikhs and Christians have fallen by almost 90 per cent in that country since its birth in 1947 as they were hounded by Islamic fundamentalists in collusion with its government.
Khan said his government will make it sure that the minorities feel safe, protected and have equal rights in 'New Pakistan'.
One of the defendants said the group consists mostly of Christian Pakistanis and some Ahmadi Muslims, and that members of the two religious groups risk persecution in Pakistan.
Asia Bibi has appealed her sentence and the court earlier this week postponed ruling on the final appeal. Her lawyers say she was falsely accused.
Asia Bibi's case hit the headlines after former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, who spoke out in support of her, was killed in 2011 in Islamabad by his police guard Mumtaz Qadri who was executed in 2016 for murder.
The economist said he "profoundly disagrees" with the circumstances in which Mian was asked to resign from the council.
Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives, representatives of various ethnic and religious groups in Pakistan, members of think tanks and South Asia experts will attend and speak at this event.
We have a majoritarian instinct that is powerful and that is today asserting itself against the minority.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.