Pakistani author Osman Haneef’s promising debut, The Verdict, is generating a fair amount of well-deserved buzz nowadays. This compact and slim book takes a deep dive into the phenomenon of religious extremism specifically our infamous blasphemy law and shines a bright light on the heavy toll it exacts on minority and marginalised communities in Pakistan.
This is a conversation we never seem to get around to, but one we very desperately need to have because our silence has consequences: the Centre for Social Justice reported recently that 200 blasphemy cases occurred in the last year the highest number so far. Moreover, the trends seem to be changing. Most blasphemy charges were not levelled against other faiths, but against fellow Muslims.
China, Pakistan to back each other’s ‘core interests’ at UN
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In a joint statement, the two countries said they would “firmly safeguard multilateralism and support the central role of the United Nations in international affairs.”
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In a joint statement, the two countries said they would “firmly safeguard multilateralism and support the central role of the United Nations in international affairs.” China and Pakistan have pledged to back each other’s “core and major interests” in the United Nations after holding bilateral consultations on UN affairs.
Kim Jong Un says North Korea is facing its “worst-ever situation” and called on “grassroots” members of the ruling Workers’ Party to be more proactive and responsible in carrying out the country’s new five-year economic plan.
The comments, reported by state media on Wednesday, came as experts warn Kim is facing perhaps his toughest moment as he approaches a decade in rule, with North Korea’s coronavirus lockdown unleashing further shock on its sanctions-battered economy.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim made the comments during an opening speech at a meeting of the Workers’ Party’s cell secretaries on Tuesday.
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Defence chiefs and military planners from the 30 member states of Nato, the United States-led military alliance in Europe, were looking forward to a quiet Easter holiday break over the past weekend.
But it was not to be, for, instead, most of them remained glued to their desks, sifting through updates from their intelligence services or peering at computer screens.
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