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Pakistani Veterinarian Faces Anti-Blasphemy Protests
In the Sindh province of South-East Pakistan, a Hindu vet has been charged with blasphemy after allegedly wrapping a medicine for a customer with sick livestock, in paper bearing Islamic religious text. He has been accused...2019-06-10 1519 0 -
New Railway Line in Sri Lanka Built With Chinese Assistance
China gained major success in the field of railways when it successfully implemented its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Sri Lanka. China laid down a railway line of 26.75 kilometres between the areas of Matara...2019-06-08 1936 0 -
Pakistani Veterinarian Faces Anti-Blasphemy Protests
In the Sindh province of South-East Pakistan, a Hindu vet has been charged with blasphemy after allegedly wrapping a medicine for a customer with sick livestock, in paper bearing Islamic religious text. He has been accused...2019-06-04 1553 0 -
Arsenic-Laced Water in Bangladesh Could Risk Over 20 Million Deaths
The Bangladeshi Government is falling short in adequately addressing the clean water crisis across large rural areas of the country. In a recent report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has estimated that around 20million Bangladeshi citizens do...2019-05-27 2216 0 -
Bangladeshi Teenage Girl Burned Alive after Reporting Sexual Harassment against Teacher
A schoolgirl aged 19 was burned to death in Bangladesh on the orders of her head teacher after she had reported him for sexually harassing her. The demise of Nusrat Jahan Rafi flickered protests across the...2019-05-14 2416 0 -
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Sri Lanka is shaken by Terror Attacks
The teardrop of India was left in a catastrophic state after a wave of bombings hit the country during the Easter weekend At least six suicide bombers were involved in the attacks which were aimed at...2019-05-11 2041 0 -
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Kashmir Boycotts Indian Elections: Grenade Lobbed Towards Pulwama Polling Station
Violent attacks have disturbed the running of the Indian Elections in the turbulent region of Kashmir. The territory, which is the only Muslim majority state in the country, has been subjected to terrorist attacks and boycotting...2019-05-08 1873 0 -
Top 10 Historic Cities of Sri Lanka
Kandy The city was formerly named ‘Senkadagalpur’ after a hermit named Senkada who resided there. Many of the Sinhalese locals call it ‘Mahanuqra’, which translates as ‘Great City.’ However, its present name ‘Kandy’ was...2019-04-30 1952 0 -
APWA Chair Riffat Mughal Attends Brussels Parliament for International Women’s Day
It was a great honour for APWA’s Chair Riffat Mughal, Senior advisor Samina Raja & Vice Chair Rana Shama Nazir, to attend various seminars on International Women’s day at the European Parliament in Brussels. Riffat Mughal spoke on the historical celebration of women, and the importance of standing together with all women who suffer,...2019-04-28 1947 0 -
The £89 million investment into Pakistan’s tourism industry
The International Hospitality Investment Group’s (IHIG) investment will open over 4,000 job opportunities. The Chairman Board of Tourism, Zulfi Bukhari held a meeting with the CEO of the resourceful multinational enterprise (IHIG), Noor ul Asif and...2019-04-27 1711 0
