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The students are protesting against the alleged kidnapping of Hafeez Baloch, a student of M.Phil. in Quaid e Azam University. Reportedly, Hafeez had gone missing mysteriously since early February. According to his family, three people in plain clothes forced their entry into a school in Khuzdar where he has been volunteering at a local school, took him in custody, and fled from the scene.

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ISLAMABAD: The British government called of Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Moeed yusuf visit unilaterally without assigning any session to him. According to a media report, the NSA was scheduled to visit the United Kingdom next week. Quoting sources, the report said that the visit was called off owing to Pakistan’s policy towards standoff between Russia and Ukraine. The European Union (EU) ambassadors in Islamabad issued a rejoinder to the policy through a joint press statement. Pakistan expressed its dismay over the statement terming it undiplomatic and unacceptable. Asim Iftikhar, spokesman for the Foreign Office in his media interaction on Friday…

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WASHINGTON: “We have briefed the government of Pakistan on the impact that Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine could have on regional and global security,” a US State Department spokesperson told Dawn when asked to respond to these developments. However, Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram says that Islamabad is not only aware of the consequences of its actions, but also “supports all efforts” to restore peace in Ukraine. In his words, to interpret Pakistan’s position on this issue as an expression of support for Russia “would be a perverse interpretation, especially once seen together with our statement in the UNGA.” FO…

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Pakistan’s ties with Cote d’Ivoire are impressive and we appreciate its positive and substantive contributions to regional and international organizations including the UN, AU, OIC, and ECOWAS. The government of Pakistan has decided to further boost the bilateral relationship with Cote d’Ivoire. Our first-ever Ambassador to your amazing country would be taking charge shortly

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In the lynching case of Priyantha Kumara, the Sri Lankan citizen, more than 90 percent of the suspects belonged to the age group of 18 to 20 years. Similar patterns have been witnessed in most such cases. In Mian Channu near Khanewal, the crowd that lynched a man comprised mostly youth in their 20s and 30s. Essentially, this is also the failure of our educational system that has not nurtured a tolerant youth. In fact, our educational system with its overwhelming religious and sectarian leanings has imparted not harmony and tolerance but self-righteousness that produces a violent and obstinate youth…

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Islamabad, Pakistan: The recent event of the desecration of graves of Ahmadiyya sect, has once again explained that Pakistan has failed to give safe living conditions to minority sects of the country.Earlier this month, reports had emerged that dozens of graves belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect in Pakistan’s Hafizabad town had been desecrated. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) had expressed outrage against people who desecrated the graves in the country’s Punjab province. “HRCP is appalled to learn that some 45 Ahmadiyya graves were desecrated allegedly by the Hafizabad police in Premkot on 4 and 5 February, following…

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Lahore, Pakistan: Farmers from the Jamaat-e-Islami staged a protest against low rates of their crops in the market.They were complaining that the rates fixed for their crops were lower than their expenses. They demanded that the general sales tax on the seeds and agricultural tools should be removed, reported Dunya Daily. Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, Sirajul Haq, addressed the meeting and said that the farmers and labourers will surround the Punjab Assembly if their demands are not met. The central president of the Kisan Board Chaudhary Shaukat said that the fertilizer had become costlier and unavailable at the same time. “If…

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