Karachi, unique oath-taking ceremony of elected local body representatives

Karachi, unique oath-taking ceremony of elected local body representatives

A unique swearing-in ceremony of elected local body representatives took place in North Nazimabad, Karachi. Assistant Commissioner North Nazimabad Hazim Bangwar continued to administer oath to the newly elected members in English, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Hafiz Naeemur Rehman and other representatives continued to administer sentences in Urdu. No one could understand anything during the oath-taking,…

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India, the hospital refused to provide an ambulance, forced to carry the body of the father and daughter on a motorcycle

India, the hospital refused to provide an ambulance, forced to carry the body of the father and daughter on a motorcycle

File photo A father had to carry his daughter’s body on a motorcycle after the government hospital in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh refused to provide an ambulance. According to Indian media, a citizen named Laxman Singh said that his 13-year-old daughter died due to illness, after which he asked the hospital administration to…

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Haiti crisis in spotlight, as top human rights body wraps marathon session

Haiti crisis in spotlight, as top human rights body wraps marathon session

An independent expert mandate on Haiti had been created by the Council in 1995 but then discontinued in 2017. The current resolution, calling for “coordinated and targeted international action”, was sponsored by Haiti itself. Country-specific abuses As a subsidiary body of the UN General Assembly, the Council examines human rights violations in specific countries as…

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