By Sher Ali Khalti in The News,Dec 01, 2023LAHORE: Nineteen children were arrested on charges of blasphemy from across Punjab between January 1, 2023 and October 16, 2023. According to data available with The News, 6 out of these 19 children are in prison charged with blasphemy while the others were acquitted. These figures have been made public by the Inspectorate General of Punjab Prisons in an appeal submitted to the Punjab Information Commission by…
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Report in Dawn, October 1st, 2023KARACHI: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said that relief from the courts is the only option available to PTI Chairman Imran Khan, if he seeks to contest the general elections. In an interview with BBC Urdu, Mr Kakar said if “judicial remedy” did not work out for Mr Khan and if he was not able to get relief from the courts, then he would have to face the…
By Rick Noack in The Washington Post, June 28, 2023SHINDAND, Afghanistan — In the U.S.-built district hospital of Shindand in western Afghanistan, the surge in patients took doctors by surprise. As their wards filled up in recent months, they repurposed staff space to make room for more patients and resorted to prescribing single doses of drugs that should be taken in three doses. Some patients with severe conditions have been turned away because of a…