More than 750 unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic boarding school for indigenous children in western Canada, a tribal leader said Thursday — the second such shock discovery in less than a month. The revelation once again cast a spotlight on a dark chapter in Canada’s history, and revived calls on the […]
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Canada finds hundreds of graves at former indigenous school: media
Hundreds of unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic residential school for indigenous children in western Canada, local media reported late Wednesday. Excavations at the site around the former school in Marieval, Saskatchewan began at the end of May. They followed the discovery of the remains of 215 schoolchildren at another former indigenous […]
100 years after Tulsa massacre, Black residents await Biden, and reparations
In Tulsa, the city that still bears the scars of a 1921 racial massacre, African American residents are eagerly awaiting the arrival of President Joe Biden on Tuesday, hoping he will hear their call for financial reparations. “I just want him to feel our pain,” said local activist Kristi Williams. The Democratic leader will attend […]
Southeast Nigeria streets empty for Biafra remembrance
Streets in southeast Nigeria were deserted on Monday as the former separatist region commemorated the more than one million people who died in the Biafra war and famine half a century ago. Markets and roads were empty in the major cities of Aba, Owerri and Akwa, at the heart of former “Republic of Biafra”, in […]
Life beside the waste water streams
An issue that has met neglect for decades is the struggle of those living in slums, located along the wastewater streams. They face a plethora of problems, including but not limited to losing homes and possessions when the fury of monsoon rains hit. Islamabad hosts a population of 1 million (according to 2017 census) and […]
Pakistan lodges strong protest over inclusion in religious freedom blacklist countries
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Wednesday has lodged a strong protest with senior US official after Washington added Pakistan to its blacklist of countries violating religious freedom. The Foreign office sources said that authorities recorded a strong protest and also handed over documents to the US officials. “The documents stated that all minorities have religious […]
Govt committed to protect rights of minorities, say Shireen Mazari
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen M Mazari has said that concrete steps have been taken through comprehensive strategy to ensure the protection of rights of minorities adding that our constitution guarantees the protection of human rights including the rights of minorities. She further added that we are fully committed to protect the […]
First anniversary of All Sindhi Pathan Youth marked today
SHIKARPUR: The first anniversary of All Sindhi Pathan Youth (ASPY) was celebrated at Kiri Nawab Khan, here, late in the day. Agha Siraj Khan Durrani, former Speaker Sindh Assembly and Paghidar-e-Alla of ASPY, was the chief guest on the occasion. Durrani expressed his happiness over completing a successful year, and said that the network of […]
What lies ahead for Ahmadis
In my article last week, I argued that my religion or religious beliefs, or lack thereof, are not the business of the state, and I quoted Jinnah’s promise made explicitly to all people of Pakistan on 11 August 1947 to this effect. In response, a number of readers wrote in to say that Pakistan was […]