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,…
The spokesman of the Afghan Taliban, Sohail Shaheen, has said that any meeting is ineffective without the representatives of the Afghan government. He termed non-invitation of Afghan representatives in the meeting as unjustified and discriminatory. Sohail Shaheen says that Emirate of Islamia is the main party, any meeting without its representatives is ineffective and can…
Bahrain International Airport Bahrain canceled visas issued to Human Rights Watch representatives to attend an international parliamentary conference. This would be the first time since 2012 that Human Rights Watch (HRW) representatives would visit the Gulf country. The 146th session of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) will begin in Bahrain from Saturday. HRW has permanent…
