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USCIRF: Kabul Issued 80 Religious Edicts, Decrees Since August 2021

By Hadia Ziaei in ToloNews, Aug 31, 2023 at 8:57 PMThe United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said in its report that since August 2021, the Islamic Emirate has issued of 80 religious edicts and decrees in Afghanistan. According to the report, over half of the 80 religious edicts and decrees directly enforce severe restrictions on women and girls, hampering their ability to live according to their own religious interpretation, including bans on…

SC seeks report on Imran’s jail life

report in The Express Tribune, Aug 25, 2023ISLAMABAD: The apex court on Thursday ordered Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Awan to file by August 28 a report on the living conditions of former prime Imran Khan at the Attock Jail cell where he has been languishing since his conviction on August 5. A three-member special bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial issued this order while hearing the PTI chief’s…

Nepal and China to meet in Lhasa for secretary-level border and trade talks:

Report in The Kathmandu Post ONLINE, March 26, 2023Senior officials from Nepal and China are meeting this week in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, aiming to facilitate bilateral trade and commerce. This is the first meeting of the joint mechanism set up in August last year during the official visit of then foreign minister Narayan Khadka to Qingdao, China. A statement issued after the visit had said the two foreign ministers decided…