PPP’s Hassan Murtaza warns alliance with PML-N could collapse if concerns ignored – Pakistan

PPP leader Hassan Murtaza said on Sunday that unless the PML-N eases the PPP’s reservations and includes them in policymaking, their coalition “will not survive.” There have been tensions between the PPP and the ruling PML-N, and Ali Haider Gilani, parliamentary leader of the PPP in the Punjab Assembly, said Sunrise in June that despite…

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After months of delay, President Zardari gives assent to madressah bill – Pakistan

The controversy surrounding the Companies Registration (Amendment) Act, 2024 came to an end on Sunday when President Asif Ali Zardari signed it into law. Controversy persisted in the country related to the new law passed by parliament relating to regulatory affairs of madresahs. The law referred to the registration of seminaries by the relevant deputy…

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Russian man arrested for allegedly running LGBTQ travel agency found dead in custody

A Russian man arrested for allegedly running a travel agency for gay clients was found dead in custody in Moscow, human rights group OVD-Info reported Sunday, amid a crackdown on LGBTQ rights in Russia. According to OVD-Info, which tracks political arrests, Andrei Kotov, director of the “Men Travel” agency, faced charges of “organizing and participating…

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