Police generic AN ASIAN man who referred to police officers’ skin colour as he abused them was told that racism cuts both ways. Deputy District Judge Gary Garland told Mohammed Asif Mahmood it was a sorry picture which had been painted of his behaviour towards the police and his family. “Just as it is bad for white people to call black people horrible names it cuts both ways,” said Deputy District Judge Garland. “If we are going to live in a society where we are all treated the same this kind of behaviour has got to stop. Skin colour is only a colour, it is only skin deep.”
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Two DDC polls declared void after women from PoK contest
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SEC orders re-poll in Drugmulla, Hajin (A)
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SEC orders re-poll in Drugmulla, Hajin (A)
The State Election Commission (SEC) on Saturday declared the polls of two District Development Council (DDC) seats as “null and void” after two women from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), married to locals from the Valley, contested the elections in December last year.
“The SEC in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 36 of Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 has declared the polling to the DDC constituency Drugmulla and Hajin (A) as void, cancelling the candidature of Soomia Sadaf and Shazia Aslam,” an SEC order reads.
With No Citizenship Rights, Pakistani Women in Kashmir Have Nowhere to Go
Nearly 350 Pakistani brides living in Kashmir â who married former militants â have no citizenship rights or travel documents, and cannot visit their parents in the neighboring country.
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Srinagar: Living in Kupwara, every moment reminds 43-year-old Saira Javid of her home, childhood, relatives and the dusky lanes of Karachi. She has been craving to visit her parentsâ home in Pakistan but cannot go back due to existing laws.
Saira, who traces her roots to the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, says her ancestors came from Muzaffarabad and settled in Karachi.