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Heavy rains, flash floods swamp eastern Afghanistan's Logar province
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): Torrential rains and flash floods have killed at least 21 people including women and children and injured scores in Afghanistan's Logar, Wardak and Khost provinces, local media reported Saturday.
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Imran Khan's PTI hires firm to 'improve image' in US: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 13 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) has hired a public relations firm to improve its image in the United States, local media reported on Saturday.
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Sri Lanka allows Chinese spy ship to dock
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Saturday granted permission to Chinese vessel Yuan Wang-5, widely believed to be a spy ship, to dock at its Hambantota port, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Seminary teacher held for assaulting minor boy
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 13 (ANI): Amid the worsened human rights situation in Pakistan, a local seminary teacher was arrested for allegedly molesting a student, local media reported on Saturday citing a police official.
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Pakistan: 8 killed in fresh spell of heavy rains in Balochistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], August 13 (ANI): At least eight people, including a child, were killed in a fresh spell of heavy rain that lashed parts of Balochistan, local media reported.
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Protests intensify in PoK against Pakistan government's plans to amend Con
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], August 13 (ANI): Districts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are witnessing massive protests against the Pakistan government's plan to bring in the 15th Constitutional Amendment that will transfer the financial and administrative powers of the local government to Islamab
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Lahore HC dismisses plea against Imran Khan contesting elections on 9 NA s
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday dismissed a plea against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's decision to contest elections on all nine vacant seats of the National Assembly (NA), local media reported
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Pakistan: Imran Khan to meet Punjab CM Elahi ahead of his Lahore rally
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Ahead of "Haqeeqi Azadi Jalsa" rally in Lahore on August 13, former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday will meet Punjab province Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi in Lahore, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Saleem Baig to be re-appointed as Media regulatory Chief
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the appointment of Saleem Baig as the chairman of the Pakistan Electronic and Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), local media reported.
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Powerloom workers protest in Pak over hike in wages
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], August 11 (ANI): Powerloom workers of the Sadhar industrial sector continued their protest in Pakistan's Faisalabad over an increment in wages, local media reported.
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Taliban cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani killed in blast in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Taliban cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was killed in a blast which occured in Afghanistan's Kabul on Thursday, local media reported.
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Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves Singapore: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Singapore, August 11 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left Singapore on Thursday after nearly a month's stay in the country, local media reported citing officials.
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