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After India removed special status for Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan had denied permission for overflight for President Kovind s plane one time, and PM Modi s plane twice
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will be using the Indian air space to travel to Sri Lanka. He will be on a two-day visit to the country from today his second visit that comes months after his visit to Afghanistan.
Pakistan had requested for use of air space, for which India granted permission. As a protocol, whenever heads of state or governments pass through the air space of any other country, the country is alerted and due permission is taken.
Next to the last stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, forced cremation of corpses of Covid victims in Sri Lanka has received much publicity, internationally. With the request of our government to the Maldives to accept the bodies of Muslims who succumbed to Covid-19 for burial there, the issue received much worldwide publicity. It has now reached as far as UNHRC, and now it is part of the core issue of the UNHRC resolution to be tabled against Sri Lanka.
Forced cremation of bodies of Muslim Covid victims has hurt the religious sentiments of the Muslims living here, and all over the world. Many human rights organisations, such as the Human Rights Commission, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and UN bodies, like the WHO and the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, have appealed to the Sri Lankan government to allow burial. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the second most influential body next to UN General Assembly, also pleaded with the Sri Lankan g
Amnesty International has written to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, urging him to take up the burial rights of Muslims during his scheduled visit to Sri Lanka on Feb 24. The AI, in its letter, says as Sri Lanka and Pakistan are long standing allies, and Pakistan is engaged in countering growing Islamophobia in non-Muslim […]
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TUESDAY, FEB. 23 KABUL – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a working visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. COLOMBO – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (to Feb. 24). KYIV – Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis will pay a working visit to Ukraine (to Feb. 24). PARIS – Macedonia foreign minister Bujar Osmani visit France. ANKARA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets his Turkmenistan counterpart Rashid Meredov and holds a news conference. They then hold a trilateral meeting with Azeri counterpart Ceyhun Bayramov and a joint news conference – 1100 GMT. BERLIN – German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer speak at a summit to review Germany’s housing and construction policies – 1215 GMT. BRUSSELS – Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Europe fit for the digita