A recent ABA Journal featured a cover story on women human rights lawyers. I'm sure that many of us have noted that there are a lot of women in the human rights field. One of the lawyers profiled, Sarah Belal
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Did This Ancient Civilization Avoid War for 2,000 Years?
The Harappan civilization dominated the Indus River valley beginning about five thousand years ago, many of its massive cities sprawling at the edges of rivers that still flow through Pakistan and India today. But its culture remains a mystery. Why…
Did This Ancient Civilization Avoid War for 2,000 Years?
The Harappan civilization dominated the Indus River valley beginning about five thousand years ago, many of its massive cities sprawling at the edges of rivers that still flow through Pakistan and India today. But its culture remains a mystery. Why…
BIS Entity List: License Requirement for 12 Russian Companies Corrected; 23 Persons Added; Two Removed
On March 22, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule (“March Rule”) that (1) added 23 persons to its Entity List, (2) removed one person from the Entity List, and (3) corrected a licensing requirement inaccurately…
It’s Time to End Pakistan’s Double Game | The National Interest
Islamabad's duplicitous policy has been the single most important factor preventing success in Afghanistan. via nationalinterest.orgNo one seemed to have noticed, but there has been a veritable revolution in US foreign policy under Trump. We've cut off aid to…
Pakistani Bride Kills 17 to Escape Arranged Marriage
By Family Law
From The Washington Post:Arranged marriages are a standard practice in Pakistan, and there’s no shortage of stories about the extreme steps some Pakistani women will take to escape them and marry men of their choosing.But few go as far as Aasia Bibi is…
Sushma Swaraj: Swaraj slams Pakistan at UN; asks why India turns produces engineers, doctors, and they jihadis | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: India asked Pakistan on Saturday to consider why after gaining Independence together 70 years ago, India was an IT power and produces engineers and doctors while Pakistan churns out jihadis who are a threat to the world. via…
Sushma Swaraj: Swaraj slams Pakistan at UN; asks why India turns produces engineers, doctors, and they jihadis | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: India asked Pakistan on Saturday to consider why after gaining Independence together 70 years ago, India was an IT power and produces engineers and doctors while Pakistan churns out jihadis who are a threat to the world. via…
Pakistani council orders “revenge rape” of 16-year-old girl
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police have arrested 25 members of an informal village council accused of ordering the rape of a 16-year-old girl as revenge for her brother's alleged sexual assault of another girl. via www.reuters.comThose darn Pakistanis.
Pakistani council orders “revenge rape” of 16-year-old girl
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police have arrested 25 members of an informal village council accused of ordering the rape of a 16-year-old girl as revenge for her brother's alleged sexual assault of another girl. via www.reuters.comThose darn Pakistanis.