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Statement by Ambassador Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, at the opening of the 2022 session of the special committee on peacekeeping operations 

Islamabad, February 16, 2022 (PPI-OT): Mr. Chair, I would like to congratulate you, Your Excellency brother Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Permanent Representative of Nigeria, on your re-election as the Chair of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations. We have full trust and confidence in your leadership, says a press release received here

Weather Forecast 

Islamabad, February 16, 2022 (PPI-OT): Synoptic Situation Continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country. However, a shallow westerly wave is also present over upper parts of the country. Wednesday Cold and partly cloudy weather is expected in most upper parts of the country. However, light rain/light snowfall

Karnataka HC urged to allow Hijab as more students skip school 

Bengaluru, February 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):The High Court in the Indian state of Karnataka was urged to direct the government to allow students wearing the hijab in classes as more students remained out in schools across the state, refusing to shun the head covering. Teachers have also turned out students who

Hijab controversy reaches Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, February 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):Controversy over a ban on wearing hijab by girl students in a southern Indian state Karnataka has now reached India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh (UP), with a group of youth demanding of a college to impose ban on the head coverings. The authorities closed colleges

Main accused of running over farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri released on bail 

Lucknow, February 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):Ashish Mishra, son of Indian minister Ajay Mishra Teni, who was the main accused in mowing down four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in the Indian state of Punjab on October 3, last year, following a protest by farmers, has been released from Lakhimpur jail. According to

Narsinghanand granted bail in another case

New Delhi, February 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Hindu hate preacher, Yati Narsinghanand of Dasna temple has been granted bail in another case of making derogatory remarks against Muslim women by the Haridwar sessions court of Uttarakhand. The priest, who was also at the helm of the controversial ‘Dharam Sansad’ in Haridwar,

58 global bodies demand release of journalists detained in IIOJK 

New Delhi, February 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):As many as 58 global rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters without Borders, have urged the authorities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) to release the incarcerated Kashmiri journalists Fahad Shah, Asif Sultan, Sajad Gul and Mannan

Intellectuals demand repeal of anti-conversion laws in India 

Bengaluru, February 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):Several prominent citizens and intellectuals have, through a petition, demanded the repeal of all anti-conversion laws in India. The petition initiated by the National Solidarity Forum (NSF), a network of civil rights groups and individuals, has called for joining hands to defend the values enshrined in