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US law prohibiting imports made with forced Uyghur labor infuriates China
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 24 (ANI): The new American law prohibiting foreign companies to source their imports from forced labor in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has infuriated Beijing, local media reported.
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Russia rules out any threat to Ukrainian civilians during military action
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 24 (ANI): Russia has ruled out any threat to Ukrainian civilians as it carries out military operations in the country, local media reported.
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Ruble collapses on Thursday morning, Russian stock exchange suspends trade
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 24 (ANI): The Russian ruble collapsed on Thursday morning after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine, local media reported.
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Pak's oil industry warns of high-speed diesel shortage
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Pakistan's oil industry has warned the Imran Khan led-PTI government and the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) that a crisis is looming in high-speed diesel (HSD) supplies, especially during the peak harvest season, due to a host of external and
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Pakistan: 200 farmers arrested for protesting against hike in petroleum pr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): As many as 200 farmers were arrested in Pakistan's Lahore as they staged a sit-in protest against an exorbitant hike in petroleum prices, unavailability of fertiliser, and higher prices of compost and demanded the reversal of the government decisions,
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Pakistan: Opposition unites to oust govt trying to annex rights of the nat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): The opposition parties in Pakistan have come together to send home the Imran Khan government, which is trying to annex the rights of the nation, local media reported.
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Islamabad HC prohibits arrests under Section 20 of new media ordinance
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday prohibited the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from making arrests under Section 20 of the recently promulgated Ordinance making amendments to the media law in the country, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Senior PPP leader Rehman Malik passes away due to COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) senior leader and former interior minister Rehman Malik passed away due to COVID-19 infection on Wednesday morning at the age of 70, local media reported.
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Girls education in jeopardy due to sexual crimes at educational institutio
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Recent cases of sexual harassment and murder of medical students in Sindh province of Pakistan shed light on the threat faced by young women pursuing higher education in the country, local media reported.
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Corruption, money laundering reaching new high in Pakistan under Imran Kha
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Under the current Imran-Khan government, corruption and money laundering are the 'most important issues faced by Pakistan, local media reported.
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Opposition demands revocation of power tariff hike in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Amid reports of probable power tariff hike by the Imran Khan government, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) President and National Assembly Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif has demanded immediate revocation of the hike, local media reported.
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Pakistan: JI workers protest against non-implementation of Gwadar agreemen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Pakistan's Islamist political party Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) on Sunday staged a demonstration in front of the Quetta Press Club against the non-implementation of an agreement signed by the Imran Khan government with leaders of 'Gwadar Ko Haq Do' movement, lo
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