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Pakistan Peoples Party to pay homage to supporters killed in blast at Bena
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 17 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has made all preparations to hold a rally in Karachi on Sunday for paying homage to the party's activists and supporters killed in a blast at former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's homecoming rally near Karsaz on 18 October
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Hong Kong: 7 activists jailed for up to 12-months over 2020 protest
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 16 (ANI): A Hong Kong district court has sentenced seven activists up to a 12-month jail term on Saturday for their role in last year's rally against China's new national security law.
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'A Quiet Place' star Millicent Simmonds to play Helen Keller in new film
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Millicent Simmonds, the breakout star of the hit film series 'A Quiet Place', is taking on a key historical figure for her next role. The 18-year-old actor will play the role of the late deaf-blind activist Helen Keller in 'Helen & Teacher'.
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Looking into 'Trishula Deeksha' by Bajrang Dal activists, action if found
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 16 (ANI): Mangaluru Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar on Friday said that he has instructed officials to look into the distribution of Trishul (trident) among Bajrang Dal activists at a programme in the city.
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Taliban isolated, silenced female population in Afghanistan and left them
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], October 14 (ANI): With the Taliban back at the helm in Afghanistan and the country's humanitarian and economic crises deepening, many Afghans are living in fear, especially women and minority groups. Despite the group's claim to be more moderate, reports of violence by Taliban f
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Arrest of pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong serious concern, says rights
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 13 (ANI): The arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent, is a source of "deep concern", UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday.
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Pak opposition party holds protest against Imran Khan govt over inflation,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 13 (ANI): Lashing out at the Imran Khan government over inflation, corruption and rising unemployment, the local activists and workers of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on Tuesday protested against the government in Bannu city of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Rights experts raise concern over arrest of Hong Kong activist Chow Hang-T
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI): A group of independent human rights experts on Tuesday expressed concern about the arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and woman human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent.
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Civil society activist Abdul Rahman Mawin gunned down in Jalalabad
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): A prominent rights activist Abdul Rahman Mawin on Tuesday was shot dead by unknown assailants in eastern Nangarhar province bordering Pakistan.
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Being part of a Whatsapp group is not a crime, submits Umar Khalid
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Student-turned-activist Umar Khalid on Tuesday told the Delhi's Karkardooma Court that the prosecution's wish to paint every accused in larger conspiracy case relating to the north-east Delhi violence with the same brush and said that being a part of a Wh
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Saudi daily lauds India's largest COVID-19 vaccination programme
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Saudi Gazette, an English-language daily, has lauded India's COVID-19 vaccination programme, the largest in the world and focused on vaccinating the eligible population in the shortest possible time period.
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Afghan woman activist seeks world support to stop Pakistan's proxy war in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): A leading woman activist from Afghanistan has lambasted Pakistan for its proxy war in Afghanistan and sought the world's help to stop its interference in Afghanistan affairs for regional peace and tranquillity.
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