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Pakistan summons India’s Charge d’Affaires over hijab controversy

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Pakistan summons India’s Charge d’Affaires over hijab controversy

Pakistan has summoned India’s Chargé d’Affaires in India to the foreign ministry and conveyed the government’s serious concerns over the ban on Muslim schoolgirls from wearing the hijab in Karnataka.

Indian diplomats were conveyed Pakistan’s deep concern over alleged religious intolerance, negative stereotypes, stigma and discrimination against Indian Muslims, the foreign ministry said in a statement late Wednesday.

The statement stressed that the Indian government must hold the perpetrators of harassment of women in Karnataka accountable and take appropriate measures to ensure the safety, security and well-being of Muslim women.

The foreign ministry’s statement came after a senior Pakistani minister intervened in Karnataka’s ongoing hijab row on Wednesday, with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi saying depriving Muslim girls of education was a gross violation of basic human rights.

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Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Hussain said what was happening in India was worrisome and stressed that wearing a hijab is a personal choice, and like any other garment, it must be left to citizens to choose freely.

In response to tweets by Pakistani ministers, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in New Delhi on Wednesday that some were giving “common color” to decisions on dress codes and institutional discipline, which are They “conspired to slander India’s inclusive culture”.

Naqvi also hit back, saying that Pakistan is a “jungle of crime and cruelty” for minorities and is promoting tolerance and secularism to India.

Naqvi told reporters in New Delhi that the reality is that the socio-educational-religious rights of ethnic minorities are being trampled recklessly in Pakistan.

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He asserted that equal rights, dignity and prosperity for minorities, including Muslims, were part of India’s commitment to tolerance, harmony and inclusion.

The hijab controversy first erupted in January at a government pre-university college in Udupi, when six students who violated the dress code and wore hijabs to class were asked to leave the campus. It later spread to other parts of the state, and Hindu students also showed up in saffron shawls.

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Nargis Fakhri makes first post since sister’s arrest in murder case: ‘We are coming for you’

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Nargis Fakhri makes first post since sister’s arrest in murder case: ‘We are coming for you’

Nargis Fakhri shares first post on Instagram after her sister Aliya Fakhri’s arrest in murder case in the US. The actor did not address the controversy still.

Nargis Fakhri‘s daughter Aliya Fakhri was recently arrested in the US for allegedly murdering her ex-boyfriend and one of his friends. While her mother defended her, Nargis has maintained silence on the matter. However, the actor as now shared a post which is going viral on social media.

(Also Read: Who is Aliya Fakhri, Nargis Fakhri’s sister accused of twin murder in US?)

Nargis Fakhri’s Instagram post

Nargis Fakhri took to Instagram stories and shared a picture with her Housefull 5 co-stars Jacqueline Fernandez and Sonam Bajwa from the sets and wrote, “we are coming for you.” In the photo, the three ladies looked excited as they posed together while getting ready.

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A source close to India Today told the publication that Nargis Fakhri hasn’t been in contact with her sister for over 20 years and only got to know about the incident through news. “She has not been in touch with her sister for over 20 years. The actor learned about the incident through the news, just like everyone else,” the source stated. On the other hand, their mother defended Aliya and said, “I don’t think she would be killing someone. She was a person who was caring for everybody. She tried to help everybody,” multiple news outlets reported.

What did Aliya Fakhri do?

Aliya Fakhri allegedly set a two-storey garage on fire by lighting up a heap of garbage in Queens killing his 35-year-old ex-boyfriend Edward Jacobs and his friend, 33-year-old Anastasia Ettienne. Aliya took this step after her ex-boyfriend denied her request to reconcile their relationship. She now faces a total of nine charges, four for a first-degree murder, four for second-degree murder and an arson charge and will appear in court on December 9.

About Housefull 5

Helmed by Tarun Mansukhani and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, Housefull in the fifth installment of the successful comedy franchise, Housefull. Apart from Nargis Fakhri, Sonam Bajwa and Jacqueliene Fernandez the film also stars Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Fardeen Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Chunky Panday and others in key roles and is scheduled to release in theatres in June 2025.

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