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  2. Arbitrary arrest and detention - Wikipedia

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    Arbitrarily depriving an individual of their liberty is prohibited under international human rights law.Article 9 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights decrees that "no one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile"; [7] that is, no individual, regardless of circumstances, is to be deprived of their liberty or exiled from their country without having first ...

  3. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...

  4. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority - Wikipedia

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    Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) (Urdu: مقتدرہِ ضابطہِ برقی ذرائع ابلاغ پاکستان 'Muqtadira-e Zabitah-e Barqi Zarai'e Iblagh Pakistan') is an independent and constitutionally established federal institution responsible for regulating and issuing channel licenses for establishment of the mass media culture, print and electronic media.

  5. Bandits of Katcha - Wikipedia

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    Operation Shikarpur (Urdu: آپریشن شکارپور) is an ongoing law enforcement initiative aimed at combating local criminals in the Sindh province of Pakistan, particularly focusing on the Kacha area in Shikarpur District. The operation's objective is to apprehend robbers and other lawbreakers, thereby ensuring a safer environment for ...

  6. Pakistan studies - Wikipedia

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    The subject is widely researched in and outside the country, though outside Pakistan it is typically part of a broader South Asian studies or some other wider field. Several universities in Pakistan have departments and research centers dedicated to the subject, whereas many independent research institutes carry out multidisciplinary research ...

  7. Languages of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    An English-Urdu bilingual sign at the archaeological site of Sirkap, near Taxila. The Urdu says: (right to left) دو سروں والے عقاب کی شبيہ والا مندر, dō sarōñ wālé u'qāb kī shabīh wāla mandir. "The temple with the image of the eagle with two heads." Most languages of Pakistan are written in the Perso-Arabic ...

  8. Censorship in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The government continues to restrict and censor some published material. Foreign books need to pass government censors before being reprinted. Books and magazines can be imported freely, but are subject to censorship for objectionable sexual or religious content. Obscene literature, a category the government defines broadly, is subject to ...

  9. Persian and Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani (sometimes called Hindi–Urdu) is a colloquial language and lingua franca of Pakistan and the Hindi Belt of India. It forms a dialect continuum between its two formal registers: the highly Persianized Urdu, and the de-Persianized, Sanskritized Hindi. [2] Urdu uses a modification of the Persian alphabet, whereas Hindi uses Devanagari ...