Kuwait: Kuwaiti Member of Parliament Dr. Saleh TH Al-Mutairi has submitted a letter to the Kuwaiti Parliament urging his country to ban entry to any member of the ruling BJP of India into Kuwait amidst the Hijab row in Karnataka.

The letter that is signed by several Kuwaiti parliamentarians has demanded the government to impose an immediate ban on the entry of any member of the ruling BJP into Kuwait, blaming the saffron party for oppressing Muslims in India.

The letter adds that the Government of Kuwait should take strict note of the happening in India and should ban members of BJP into Kuwait unless the oppression of Muslims in India ends.

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The letter specifically points out the Hijab issue in Karnataka where girl students are being barred from entering colleges wearing Hijab.

Mejbel Alshrika, the Director of the Center for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at the Kuwait Lawyers Association, and a Member of the Training Committee of the Kuwait Institute for Protection and Legal Studies, shared the letter on micro-blogging site Twitter.

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“A group of powerful Kuwaiti parliamentarians have demanded the govt. of Kuwait to put an immediate ban on the entry of any member of the ruling BJP of India into Kuwait. We can’t sit back and watch muslim girls being publicly persecuted they said. Time for the Ummah to unite.” (sic) he wrote in the tweet.

Indian National Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor also retweeted Mejbel Alshrika’s tweet and added that domestic issues have international repercussions.

“Domestic actions have international repercussions. I hear from friends across the Gulf of their dismay at rising Islamophobia in India &the PM’s unwillingness to condemn it, let alone act decisively against it. “We like India.But don’t make it so hard for us to be your friends”. Tharoor noted.

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Karachi (PTI): Unidentified gunmen opened fire on an express train in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province on Tuesday, injuring several passengers, local media reports said.

The attack on the Jaffer Express passenger train took place near Ab-e-Gum area of Mach Town in Balochistan's Kachhi district, where around six armed men opened fire on the train, spreading panic among passengers, The Express Tribune newspaper reported.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

According to initial reports, multiple travellers were wounded in the attack.

Rescue teams and security forces have reached the scene, and an operation is underway to track down the assailants, the paper said.

Railway officials confirmed that the train’s driver sustained serious injuries, and an emergency relief train has been dispatched to assist.

"There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express, which was heading from Quetta to Peshawar, between Pehro Kunri and Gadalar,” Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind was quoted as saying by Dawn.

Meanwhile, Controller Railways Muhammad Kashif said that the train, comprising nine coaches, had around 500 passengers on board.

“The train was stopped by armed men in Tunnel No 8. Efforts are being made to contact the passengers and staff,” the controller said.

Balochistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, is home to a long-running violent insurgency. Baloch insurgent groups frequently carry out attacks targeting security personnel, government projects and the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects in the region.