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Reason for arrest of former foreign minister and leader of PTI is not immediately clear, party saysThe Pakistani opposition leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi was detained on Saturday, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said, just hours after he said it…
Harmful language and stereotypes about women can lead to distortion of law, says chief justice of IndiaIndia’s supreme court has issued a handbook for judges urging them to shun words like seductress, vamp, spinster and harlot when talking about women….
Sociologist made it his mission to install more than 1m toilets after being horrified by the work of manual scavengersFrom the moment he reached adulthood until his death on Tuesday at 80, Bindeshwar Pathak poured his life and energy into making India …
Christian family accused of desecrating copy of Qur’an, setting off rampage in FaisalabadHundreds of Muslim men have attacked a Christian community in eastern Pakistan, vandalising several churches and a cemetery and setting scores of houses on fire, a…
Indian Medical Association says that testing is substandard in the manufacture of generic medicines with ‘no guarantee of quality’Indian doctors have been told they can no longer prescribe branded drugs for their patients, provoking vehement protest fr…
Exclusive: Shehbaz Sharif accuses jailed predecessor of ‘shabby treatment’ of political rivals in final interview as leaderPakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has denied pursuing a personal vendetta against Imran Khan, his political rival and im…
Dozens missing after days of heavy rain wash away vehicles and destroy buildings in Himalayan regionAt least 49 people have been killed and dozens are thought to be missing after intense rain caused floods and landslides in the Indian Himalayan region….
Two years on, people who worked in the country’s now-defunct legal system remain in grave danger from reprisals for their workHungry, hunted, terrified: unending plight of the Afghan women who served in military and policeNearly 4,000 prosecutors and l…
Home minister promises widespread reforms but some experts suggest the new laws are more a repackaging of existing measures than real changeMore than 160 years after Lord Macaulay laid down a penal code for what was then a colony of the British crown, …
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar to navigate economic and political turmoil after Imran Khan convictionA little-known senator from Pakistan’s least populous province has been announced as caretaker prime minister to see the country through to the next election, the…