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Clashes outside Pak's Balochistan Assembly as opposition lawmakers protest
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], June 19 (ANI): Clashes between Opposition lawmakers and supporters with police occurred at the Balochistan Assembly when police arrived at the assembly to open gates that were locked by Opposition parties during the budget session.
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Budget session begins in Pak's Balochistan Assembly amid opposition's prot
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): Amid massive demonstrations by opposition lawmakers and their supporters, the budget session in Pakistan's Balochistan Assembly started on Friday a few hours later than the scheduled time.
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China sanctions Belgian lawmaker after motion passed on Uyghurs genocide
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 18 (ANI): China has sanctioned a Belgian lawmaker who called for a proposal warning of a risk of genocide against the Uyghur Muslims minority in the country's Xinjiang province.
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3 PTI lawmakers among 7 banned from National Assembly for 'unparliamentary
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Pakistan Assembly has barred seven Members of National Assembly (MNAs), including three from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, from entering the House for inappropriate and unparliamentary behaviour.
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US lawmakers introduce bills to curb powers of big tech companies
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives on Friday introduced a package of bills aimed at curbing the power of tech giants.
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Afghan lawmakers seek deployment of additional troops at Northern province
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 12 (ANI): Two Afghan lawmakers on Friday sought deployment of reinforcements to frontlines in northern provinces to repel a possible collapse of some strategic areas to Taliban.
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Provincial lawmaker threatens to kill Nepal caretaker PM Oli
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 12 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political turmoil in Nepal, a provincial lawmaker from the opposition Nepali Congress has threatened to kill caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
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Nusrat Jahan has made contradictory remarks, law should take its course: B
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 11 (ANI): West Bengal BJP vice president Jay Prakash Majumdar has accused Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan of making "contradictory" remarks pertaining to her marital status and said the law should take its own course.
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US lawmakers urge IOC to consider alternative locations for 2022 Beijing O
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 8 (ANI): Top US lawmakers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced a resolution on Monday (local time), urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Winter Games, citing human rights violation against Uyghur by the Chinese governmen
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Rights groups call for independent probe into attack on Pak lawmaker Jugnu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Several human rights groups strongly condemned the attack on Pakistani lawmaker Jugnu Mohsin and called for a swift and independent probe into attempted assassination.
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Pakistan lawmaker Jugnu Mohsin attacked by unidentified gunmen, escapes un
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 7 (ANI): Jugnu Mohsin, a wife of noted Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi and Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) in the Punjab province, barely survived an assassination attempt in Okara, after unidentified individuals opened fire on her vehicle, Pakistan media reporte
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US lawmakers introduce 'Taiwan Diplomatic Review Act' to bolster ties amid
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): US lawmakers have introduced a 'Taiwan Diplomatic Review Act' to rename Taiwan's representative office in the United States and provide diplomatic visas to Taiwanese diplomats to bolster ties between Washington and Taipei, amid the latter's conflict with Beijin
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