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Ex-Pak defence minister calls for special envoy for Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 20 (ANI): Former Defence Minister of Pakistan Asif Yasin Malik has suggested that a 'high-powered special envoy', working directly under the country's prime minister to hold talks with Afghanistan to remove "misconceptions and frictions", thereby ensuring friendly r
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Enforced disappearances have increased in Sindh: WSC Chairperson
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 19 (ANI): Enforced disappearances have greatly risen in Sindh, along with the forced conversion of Sindhi Hindu girls, said the chairperson of the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) Dr. Rubina Sheikh on Monday.
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Pashtuns labelled as 'terrorists' by Pakistan: Activist
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 19 (ANI): Prominent Pashtun human rights activist Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi said that the Pashtun community was being labelled as 'terrorists' by the Pakistan military forces.
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Pak to be 'industrial hub' of South Asia, says Iqbal on CPEC
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 19 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that Pakistan would be the 'industrial hub' of the entire South Asian region soon, after the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project is built.
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Pak stability key for China's development: Chinese envoy
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 17 (ANI): China cannot afford to lose Pakistan because stability in its neighbourhood is integral to former's development, said Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing on Saturday.
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Pak policymakers recommend better management of CPEC
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 14 (ANI): A group of policymakers on Tuesday recommended Pakistan to establish a specific China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) unit within the framework of Council of Common Interests (CCI), in order to achieve "transparency and efficiency" in the project.
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PoK activists hold anti-Pakistan protest outside UN office
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 13 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) held a massive protest outside the United Nations office here on Tuesday against the gross human rights violations committed by Pakistani state in the region.
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UN must analyse legal aspect of CPEC, says Baloch activist
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 13 (ANI): Pakistan and China have no legal rights to carry out any economic activity in Balochistan, a territory under Pakistani occupation, said Baloch political activist Munir Mengal during the 37th UN Session on Human Rights here on Tuesday.
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China accused of detaining Muslim women married to Pakistani men
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 6 (ANI): China has allegedly detained dozens of Chinese Muslim women in its restive Xinjiang province, located in the north-western part of the country, for marrying Pakistani men belonging to Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region of Pakistan.
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Glaciers melting in Gilgit-Baltistan due to CPEC project
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan occupied Kashmir], Mar 4 (ANI): Thirty-six glacial lakes in various valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan have been declared dangerous with seven of them posing a major threat to the people, said a survey by Focus Pakistan, an NGO.
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Chinese prisoners working on CPEC in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 1 (ANI): A Pakistani parliamentarian has revealed that Chinese prisoners are working on development projects of the over USD 60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in the country.
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Pak NHA admits irregularities in awarding $2.9bn contract to Chinese firm
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 1 (ANI): Irregularities were conducted in the award of a 2.9 billion dollar contract to a Chinese firm for the construction of a motorway under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) near Multan-Sukkur section, Pakistan's National Highway Authority (NHA) chief
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