Tag: discrimination
Report reveals alarming faith-based discrimination in educational institutions
--Around 60% non-Muslim students feel being discriminated and disrespected
--70% of non-Muslim teachers faced discrimination based on their faith
ISLAMABAD: Alarming discrimination in educational institutions based on...
‘Systematic discrimination’ rife in convent schools, non-Catholics claim
--DBE ‘demotes’ principal of Islamabad Convent School F-8/4 for refusing to flout court orders restricting termination of school’s administrator
--DBE secretary general denies discrimination against...
PM orders to abolish discriminatory ban on maids in elite clubs
--PM Imran backs Afridi's proposal to abolish discriminatory rules, signboards from Islamabad Club, gymkhanas
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered to abolish colonial rules of discrimination...
Creative Chaos CEO asked to resign for asking hijab-wearing employee to...
LAHORE: The chief executive officer (CEO) of Karachi-based software house Creative Chaos, Jawwad Kadir was asked to resign on Friday after telling an employee...
Thousands protest in Berlin against racism, discrimination
BERLIN: Thousands of people are demonstrating in Berlin against racism and discrimination, a protest that comes amid concern about an increasingly confident far right.
A...
Starbucks back in hot water for mocking stutterer
NEW YORK: Starbucks was back in hot water Friday, three months after a branch manager called the police on two black men — this...
UN panel says women’s rights are under threat
Working group calls family, culture, sexual and reproductive health the most significant challenge
UNITED NATIONS: A United Nation panel has warned that women’s rights are...
UN rights expert concerned over UK’s widespread discrimination against ethnic minorities
GENEVA: A United Nations rights expert showed concerns on Friday over the "widespread discrimination" faced by ethnic minorities, Brexit-era hate crimes, and the immigration...
HRW urges Pakistan to drop cases against PTM representatives
Asks Pakistan to end ‘discriminatory’ laws against Pashtuns
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Pakistan to drop cases against representatives of Pashtun...
Mustafa Kamal says people have left ideology of discrimination
HYDERABAD: The Pakistan Sarzameen Party (PSP) leader Mustafa Kamal said on Saturday that our supporters proved in the Karachi rally on December 24 that...
Haider says AJK govt starts development schemes without discrimination
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider has said that the Hattain district is a gateway to Srinagar and the state government...
Hunger strike held to protest discrimination against Punjabi
LAHORE: Representatives of nearly a dozen organisations on Friday organised a one-day hunger strike in Lahore to protest the discrimination against Punjabi language.
Addressing the...
HRCP holds rally against death penalty
LAHORE: About 15 to 20 activists of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) held a rally on Tuesday to mark the “15th World Day...
PTI censures Punjab govt over discrimination in funds allocation
Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed on Friday came down hard on the provincial government for what he called its discrimination against...
Indian mother kills herself after caste discrimination
A mother hanged herself in India after a council of elders punished her family for her suspected extra-marital romance with a lower-caste man, a...
