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       U arakhand Assembly passes UCC Bill; becomes India's

       first state to implement Uniform Civil Code


       A  day  after  Uttarakhand  Chief  Minister  Pushkar  Singh  Dhami
       introduced the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, the state Assembly
       passed  it  on  Wednesday.  With  the  House  nod,  Uttarakhand
       became the first state in the country to implement a Uniform Civil
       Code,  which  presents  common  law  for  marriage,  divorce,
       inheritance of property, etc.
       The UCC Bill, which will now become an Act is based on the draft
       submitted by a high-level committee formed by the Uttarakhand
       government under the chairmanship of retired Supreme Court
       judge Justice Ranjana P Desai.
       The implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand
       comes months ahead  of the Lok Sabha elections  in 2024. The reports have claimed  that the Union
       Government is planning to bring a similar law at the national level and BJP-ruled states like Gujarat and
       Assam are already in the process of passing UCC law in their respective states.

       Pakistan elec on: Final results give Imran Khan-backed


       candidates lead


       The  final  results  in  Pakistan's  general  election  have  put
       independent candidates backed by jailed ex-PM Imran Khan's
       PTI party in the lead.
       Independents won 101 of the National Assembly seats. BBC
       analysis shows 93 of them went to PTI-backed candidates.
       That puts them ahead of ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's PMLN who
       won 75 and it is unclear who will form a government.
       As wrangling continues, independent candidates who did not
       win have flooded courts with vote-rigging allegations.
       Both  the  PTI,  which  was  blocked  from  taking  part  in  the
       election, and Mr Sharif's PMLN say they want to form the next
       government.
       The result was a surprise as most observers had expected Mr Sharif's party - widely seen as having the
       powerful military's backing - to win, given Mr Khan had been jailed on charges ranging from corruption to
       having married illegally and his party was barred from the ballot sheet.
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