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Afghan Refugees in Pakistan Face Numerous Challenges: Report

Afghan refugees in Pakistan face numerous challenges, including arbitrary detentions, harassment, and imprisonment by Pakistani police due to failing to provide valid residential permits and visas, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported. Pakistan is one of the primary destinations where Afghan refugees have travelled to after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021. After the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, new waves of Afghan refugees shifted to Iran and Pakistan due to vari

27 Jun, 2023

Sri Lanka to bring back artifacts taken to other countries

Sri Lanka is to take steps to bring back artifacts taken to other countries, the Government said today. The Government said that according to Articles 7 and 13 of the Charter on the Prohibition and Prevention of Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property adopted by UNESCO in 1970, a request can be made to return any cultural property currently in the possession of a foreign country. Netherlands has decided to return colonial-era cultural artefacts stolen from countri

27 Jun, 2023

Can China fix youth unemployment woes with military recruitment drive?

More than 90 per cent of this year?s recruitment to the?Chinese military?could be drawn from fresh graduates and high school students, in a bid to meet the People?s Liberation Army?s?modernisation?targets and ease the country?s record?youth unemployment. A source close to the military, who asked not to be identified, said the target represented a 10 per cent increase on average student recruitment rates of previous years. Read the full story on South China Morning Post

27 Jun, 2023