Indian state passes anti-conversion bill
Bishop Mathias concerned that Uttar Pradesh s minority groups will be targeted by new legislation
Catholics pray during a Good Friday service at an East Delhi church in April 2019. (Photo: Bijay Kumar Minj/UCA News)
A law to curb religious conversions done by force and fraudulent means was passed amid protests on Feb. 24 in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2020, will replace an ordinance passed last November. The bill has a provision of imprisonment for up to 10 years and a maximum fine of 50,000 rupees (US$690) for violators.
MANSEHRA: The dwellers of several villages on Tuesday threatened to block the Darband-Oghi road to traffic for an indefinite period if work on the blacktopping of Dewal Galli road was not launched.
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January 18, 2021
TOBA TEK SINGH: Six persons, including four of a family, were killed in fog-related accidents here on Saturday night.
Reportedly, six members of a family were on their way to their home at Khairpur (Sindh) from Islamabad by a car. When they reached between the interchanges of Gojra and Toba Tek Singh on Motorway M-4, their car collided with a trailer due to thick fog.
As a result, four of them died on the spot. They were identified as Saima Parveen, wife of Muhammad Zubair, Huzaifa, son of Muhammad Zubair, Hafza Bibi, 5, daughter of Muhammad Zubair, and Mishra, 13, daughter of Muhammad Zubair. Both injured, Muhammad Zubair and his son Hamza, were rushed to a hospital in critical condition.
GUJRANWALA: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) registered on Wednesday another case against seven people, including PML-N MNA Azhar Qayyum Nahra, former MNA Muddassar Qayyum Nahra, former chairman district council Mazhar Qayyum Nahra and two revenue officials for allegedly grabbing eight kanal state land in Matoo Bhaike.
ACE circle officer Rana Nawaz said the Nahra brothers, their front men Attaullah, Sanaullah with the connivance of two patwaris Muhammad Arif and Muhammad Maqsood allegedly grabbed eight kanal state land in Matoo Bhaike village 10 years ago. The land was retrieved some days back.
The ACE official a case had been registered against PML-N leaders, their accomplices and both patwaris. He said teams had been formed to arrest the suspects. Former MNA Muddassar Qayyum Nahra has already been arrested in 267 kanal state land grab cases.