Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia's Kedah state has raised the minimum legal age for marriage among Muslims from 16 to 18 years old in order to ensure girls will reach the minimum maturity age before entering a marriage.

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights records have seemingly touched a new low with several media reports and global bodies reflecting the dire situation for women, minorities, children, and media persons.

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 25 (ANI): Pakistan's discrimination against minorities continues even in the employment sector as 80 per cent of non-Muslims are employed to carry out their job with less salary and around half of the posts reserved for the minorities in government departments are still vacant.

Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], April 17 (ANI): The vigilant troops of the Border Security Force in Meghalaya on Sunday seized over 1,200 bottles of liquor from the international border of West Garo Hills and South Garo Hills, said a press release by the headquarters of Meghalaya frontier BSF.

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 29 (ANI): Pakistan denies the existence of caste-based practices but discrimination continues to exist across the country and an increase in the Christian sanitary cleaners highlights the existence of religious discrimination, stated an article in The Nation.

Peshawar [Pakistan], December 15 (ANI): National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) members have stressed the need for taking non-Muslims on board in the legislative and policymaking process during a consultative meeting on the rights of minority groups held here on Monday.

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 7 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said that the government would hold a detailed discussion regarding the appointments in Wakf board through Public Service Commission (PSC).

Srinagar Nov 29 PTI The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said that the union territorys statehood will be restored once the selective killings end and the common people are able to move freely here The BJP is concerned over the selective killings in Kashmir as its activists were targeted BJP general secretary organisation Ashok Koul told reporters in north Kashmirs BandiporaIn these selective killings the BJP leaders are being killed here or the non-Kashmiris or non-Muslims even some Muslims are also targeted We are against every selective killing no religion allows it Koul said He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home minster Amit Shah have on the floor of the Parliament said that the statehood of J-K will be restored and the BJP also supports the demand When the situation in J-K becomes better when it situation will be normal the selective killings will end and common people will be able to move freely the statehood will then be restored he saidTo a question on the conduct of the assembly elections the BJP leader said the polls will be held soon after the delimitation commission submits its reportThe delimitation commission has a time till March 6 next year When the commission submits its report under which 90 seats will be delimited the elections will be followed soon after he said PTI SSB MIJ RCJ RCJ

Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 7 (ANI/WAM): In his capacity as the Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a law to regulate personal status matters for non-Muslims in Abu Dhabi to provide a flexible and advanced judicial mechanism for the determination of personal status disputes for non-Muslims.

Islamabad [Pakistan], October 15 (ANI): A spate of killings since 2014, has raised worries that Sikhs might be the latest target of Pakistan's religious extremist groups, leaving community members uncertain of their future in the country.