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PAKISTAN | Senate to take up heavy legislative agenda
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ISLAMABAD: The Senate is set to take up a 50-point agenda, including eight bills aimed at providing “inexpensive and speedy justice”, when it will meet on Monday.
Published in Dawn on January 18, 2016
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PAKISTAN | Child marriage bill
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Any proposal that seeks to place restrictions on male ‘privilege’ where it pertains to women triggers a predictable storm of protest in this country. Whether the issue is that of sexual harassment, domestic violence or child marriage, good sense and empathy are in scarce supply.
Published in Dawn on January 17, 2016
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BANGLADESH | 300km-long human chain demands full implementation of CHT Accord
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AFGHANISTAN | Migrant Crisis: Refugee numbers reach 60m
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Record numbers of migrants have burst through international borders this year as the number of ‘forcibly displaced’ people reaches 60m for the first time ever. Experts say the global refugee crisis has led to there being one migrant for every 122 people on earth. The latest figures for migrants across the world were released in a UN report, revealing record numbers of people fleeing war, conflict and poverty. And shocking results showed every day for the first six months of 2015, around 4,600 people fled their home.
Published in Afghanistan Times on January 17, 2016
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AFGHANISTAN | UAE Red Crescent provides relief items to needy people in Kabul
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent with cooperation of the UAE’s embassy in Afghanistan distributed relief items among160 needy families here on Sunday. Head of UAE Red Crescent, Saalem Ahmad Saalem Malih, said that the UAE Red Crescent resumed its humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan and assisted 160 needy families in Kabul city.He said that the relief item included a bag of flour, 10kg sugar, two kg tea, three kg salt, 46kg coal, five liters of cooking oil and two blankets.
Published in Afghanistan Times on January 17, 2016
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NEPAL | New law aims to prevent misuse of CCTV cameras
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NEPAL | KSL Report rejects influence of traditional common law principles
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A new research conducted by Policy and Research Centre of Kathmandu School of Law has said that new laws related to the crime of sexual violence must not be influenced by traditional common law principles that place unnecessary burden on the victims of rape.
Published in The Himalayan Times on January 19, 2016
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SRI LANKA | 13th Amendment is the basis for solution – Kiriella
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Highways and Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella, in an interview with Daily Mirror, says the 13th Amendment to the present Constitution, should be the basis for finding a solution to the national question. He said the words ‘Federal or unitary’ did not matter as long as there was agreement among the parties concerned.
Published in Daily Mirror on January 17, 2016
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SRI LANKA | PHU files petition in SC over Kathikawath Bill
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The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) today filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Theravadi Bhikkhu Kathikawath Bill, which was tabled in Parliament to take action against Buddhist monks who break ‘Vinaya’ rules.
Published in Daily Mirror on January 18, 2016
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INDIA | Kerala becomes 1st state in country to achieve 100% primary education
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"Kerala has become the first state in the country to achieve total primary education. This has been achieved through the primary education equivalency drive of the state literacy mission — Athulyam. The equivalency programmes have proved a huge success and the ultimate objective is to achieve total Plus-Two education in the state," education minister P K Abdu Rabb said here on Monday.
Published in Times of India on January 12, 2016
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INDIA | Are Sikhs minority in Punjab? Supreme Court to adjudicate
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NEW DELHI: It may sound ridiculous at first blush, but the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine whether Sikhs were a "minority group in homeland Punjab" — saying it had far reaching importance and consequences.
Published in Times of India on January 19, 2016
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