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Pakistan People's Party stages protest over rising prices, unemployment in
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) staged a protest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province against rising prices in the country, local media reported that the protesters were also chanting slogans against Imran Khan-led Pakistan government.
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Japanese FM, Blinken vow to boost alliance capabilities to counter China's
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], December 11 (ANI): Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and agreed to strengthen the deterrence and response capabilities of their countries' alliance to counter China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific re
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Three new Omicron cases reported in Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan] December 11 (ANI): Taiwan has reported three cases of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19, local media reported on Saturday.
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Bangladesh Foreign secy summons US envoy over sanctions imposed on RAB off
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 11 (ANI): Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on Saturday summoned the US Ambassador Earl R Miller to convey Dhaka's discontent with the designated sanctions imposed by Washington on seven present and former officials of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB),
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Canada plans to resume its consular operations in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 11 (ANI): Canada plans to resume its consular operations in Kabul and will dispatch a number of its diplomats to the crisis-torn country, local media reported on Saturday.
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Creator of Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES dies at 78
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 11 (ANI): Masayuki Uemura, the lead architect for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and the Super NES, has died, local media reported.
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Uzbekistan urges International community to release Afghanistan's assets
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 9 (ANI): Uzbekistan has urged the international community to lift sanctions and unfreeze the assets of Afghanistan as the country is going through the worst humanitarian situation, local media reported on Thursday.
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21-year-old Pakistani man arrested in Greece's Kalivia over public obsceni
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Athens [Greece], December 9 (ANI): A 21-year-old Pakistani man was arrested for alleged public obscenity as he was wandering half-naked around children on the streets of Greece's Kalivia, local media reported.
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Over 50 pc Pakistanis hold 'incompetency' of Imran Khan govt responsible f
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Islamabad [Pakistan], December 9 (ANI): More than 50 per cent of Pakistanis believe that the country is facing problems of rising inflation and unemployment due to the "incompetence" of the Imran Khan-PTI government, local media reported citing the survey of Transparency International (TI).
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International Crisis Group warns of mass starvation in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 9 (ANI): Amid the deteriorating economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned of mass starvation in the country, local media reported.
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Rights panel expresses concern over denial of info to scribe on gifts rece
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Islamabad [Pakistan], December 8 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday expressed concern that a senior journalist's request for information on gifts received by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan from foreign governments has been blocked by the Cabinet Division o
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8 accused arrested in connection with Sri Lankan's mob lynching in Pakista
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Islamabad [Pakistan] December 8 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab police on Wednesday arrested eight more accused for their primary role in the lynching of a Sri Lankan man in Sialkot, local media reported.
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