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Pakistan Army chief Bajwa to retire in November
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa is not seeking an extension of his term, the country's military media wing said on Thursday.
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Government Considering Setting Up of a Separate Council for Technical Text
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI/PNN): Speaking at the inauguration of (The Clothing Manufacturers Association of India) CMAI's FAB (Fabrics, Accessories, and Beyond) Show, Union Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh stressed that India's Textile Industry had recovered smartly afte
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World Bank says Sri Lanka's economic outlook uncertain, needs urgent polic
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka needs urgent policy measures to address its high levels of debt and debt service, reduce the fiscal deficit, and restore external stability, the World Bank said in its twice-a-year regional update.
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Afghanistan: EU Parliament Member asks Taliban to lift ban on girls' educa
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Taking a grim view of the ongoing human rights violations in Afghanistan, Hannah Neuman, a German member of the European Parliament, called for urgent measures to lift the ban on the exclusion of the girls from the schools.
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Private sectors 'hit hard' by political crisis in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Amid a political crisis in Afghanistan since the Taliban's takeover last August, the private sectors of the country have been hit hard as the businesses were halted, reported local media citing a survey conducted by the World Bank.
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Japan's lower house approves bill raising duties on imports from Russia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The lower house of Japan on Thursday approved draft amendments to the country's customs legislation to deprive Russia of the most-favoured-nation status, implying a temporary increase in duties on imports.
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Fomer Pak premier Imran Khan may face treason charges: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): In an ironic turn of events, the provisions of Pakistan's constitution that the former premier Imran Khan sought to use against his opponents might be his undoing by becoming the reason for possible charges of treason against him, said a media report.
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Quadrilateral meeting over Afghan refugees to be held next month in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): A quadrilateral meeting with officials from Kabul, Tehran, Islamabad and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will be held next month in a bid to address the hardships faced by the Afghan refugees, said the Ministry of Refugees and Re
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India designates AlUmar-Mujahideen founder Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, released
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): India has notified AlUmar-Mujahideen founder Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, one of the released terrorists in the 1999 Indian Airlines Flight (IC-814) hijacking crisis in exchange of the hostages, as a terrorist.
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Sri Lankans protesting at Galle Face reject PM Rajapaksa's offer for talks
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 14 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis in Sri Lanka, a group of protestors at the Galle Face area, which they have renamed "Gota Go Gama", rejected the offer of talks extended by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa while pressing for the resignation of the r
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Blinken links Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan to 'serious erosion of hum
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday (local time) said that the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan has resulted in a "serious erosion of human rights" in the country.
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US distinguishes between India, China over respective stands on Russia ami
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday (local time) said that America does distinguish and differentiate between India and China over their respective stands on Russia amid the Ukraine crisis.
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