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Kashmir dispute spills over into the entertainment industry
The Independent
Pakistan is banning Bollywood films and all Indian programmes and music across the country’s television and radio networks amid heightened tensions with its neighbour in the disputed Kashmir region.
Pakistan rules schizophrenia not a mental disorder
The Independent
Pakistan’s highest court has ruled that schizophrenia does not qualify as a mental ‘disorder’ under the country’s legal definition paving the way for a mentally ill man’s execution. The UN said it would be against international law to hand Imdad Ali, who was sentenced to death over the murder of a religious scholar in 2012.
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