Pakistan Unrest
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Pakistan: Hindu temple in Karachi vandalised
The police have filed an FIR but no one has been arrested yet.
Scroll Staff
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Two Sikh men shot dead in Pakistan’s Peshawar, India registers ‘strong protest’
Several political leaders, including Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, condemned the attack.
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Pakistan: 22 people sentenced to five years in prison each for vandalising Hindu temple
The anti-terrorism court acquitted the remaining 62 suspects, giving them a benefit of doubt.
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Trending
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Gujarat ignored trial court’s opinion as board with five BJP members set Bilkis Bano convicts free
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‘Dobaara’ review: An engaging thriller about time travel and alternate reality
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Subhas Chandra Bose and Emilie Schenkl: A marriage that defied the Third Reich
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‘They are Brahmins...have good values’: BJP MLA defends release of Bilkis Bano case convicts
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What accounts of growing Indian illiberalism miss: The grounds for bigotry were laid before 2014
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Pakistan: Hindu temple vandalised last week has been restored, say authorities
A mob had attacked the temple as a reaction to the alleged desecration of a Muslim seminary.
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Mob attacks Hindu temple in Pakistan after minor gets bail in desecration case
Footage from the vandalism scene showed men smashing temple windows, doors and idols with sticks and stones.
Scroll Staff
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A death in Toronto brings attention again to the struggles in Pakistan’s Balochistan
Two Baloch activists in exile have been found dead this year – one in Canada, the other in Sweden.
Major General Yash Mor
Video
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Watch: Bloated mobile phone battery explodes in shopkeeper’s hands as he tries to replace it
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'Never gonna give you up': British musician Rick Astley recreates his 1987 hit for insurance ad
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Caught on live TV: Man steals beachgoer’s bag in Barcelona, arrested later
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Maulana Fazlur Rehman has pulled an Imran Khan on Imran Khan – and Imran Khan is rattled
The Pakistani prime minister has no strategy to counter the maulana’s narrative. Even if the maulana loses, he wins.
Fahd Husain, Dawn.com
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Protests by Pakistan’s Pashtuns pit human rights demands against the War on Terror
The movement known as the 'Pashtun Long March' and the 'Pashtun Spring' has emerged from a history of human rights abuses in the name of curbing terrorism.
Admir Skodo, The Conversation
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Explainer: Pakistan protests over a ‘clerical mistake’ are really about anti-Ahmedi prejudice
The changed law appeared to relax rules that made it difficult for Ahmedis to take part in elections, but have now been rolled back.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
The Reel
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‘Duranga’ review: Suspend disbelief if you want to enjoy the twists
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‘Tamilrockerz’ review: In show about piracy, some insights about the price of cinemania
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‘Dobaara’ review: An engaging thriller about time travel and alternate reality
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‘Nope’ review: Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror is mostly a yup
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‘Khamosh Pani’ revisited: ‘A reminder of the path we took and the price we pay now’
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Pakistan Army summoned as police operation fails to remove agitators; over 200 injured, some dead
After Islamabad, the anti-blasphemy protests started spreading to some other cities by Saturday evening.
Scroll Staff
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Pakistan: Security forces battle religious protestors in Islamabad, one policeman killed
Private news channels in the capital went off air on Saturday after the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority suspended their transmission.
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Is Pakistan witnessing the fall of Altaf Hussain, who lords over Karachi all the way from London?
Could this be the end of the road for the London-based leader of Pakistani's Muttahida Qaumi Movement?
Nichola Khan, The Conversation
The Field
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Deepak Chahar – ‘Can’t say if I’ll be selected for T20 WC but I’ve worked very hard on my skills’
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Indian Football: Manisha Kalyan is the first from the country to play in the Uefa Champions League
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Cincinnati Masters: Daniil Medvedev through to quarterfinal; Madison Keys upsets Iga Swiatek
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Cricket: Mohammad Siraj signed by Warwickshire for final three County Championship matches
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Zimbabwe vs India, 1st ODI: Gill, Dhawan and Chahar help India register dominating 10-wicket win