Thirty-two Afghan women football players and their family members reached Pakistan with the help of a British NGO and FIFA-suspended Pakistan Football Federation.
Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and a Pakistan minister engaged in a war of tweets this weekend over the alleged mistreatment of minorities in both nations.
The incident sparked a diplomatic row between India and Pakistan when ministers from both countries accused each other of violating their minorities' rights.
Sushma Swaraj tweeted that she had asked for a report from the Indian High Commissioner about the forced conversion of two Hindu girls, triggering the spat.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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