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US urges China not to restrict journalists' freedom at Beijing Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 5 (ANI): The United States has urged China not to restrict journalists' access and movement as they report on the 2022 Winter Olympics, local media reported.
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5 people dead after fire breaks out at shoe factory in old Dhaka
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 5 (ANI): Five persons were burnt alive in the fire that broke out at the shoe factory in old Dhaka's Shuarighat area earlier on Friday, reported local media.
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Protests continue after corpse found at Pak lawmaker's farmhouse in Karach
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], November 5 (ANI): Protests continued for the second day on Thursday by the relatives of a man whose corpse was found at a farmhouse owned by a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmaker in Karachi's Malir. The protestors demanded the arrest of the accused in the case, local me
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Pakistan hikes petroleum prices by Rs 8.14 per litre
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Imran Khan led-government has increased petroleum prices by up to Pakistani Rupees 8.14 per litre, local media reported on Friday.
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Taliban Interior Minister mediates peace talks between Pakistan and TTP
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], November 5 (ANI): Acting interior minister in the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan, Sirajuddin Haqqani is reportedly playing a role of a mediator between Pakistan and the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to reach a "broader" "peace agreement" to bring an end
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Lahore police officers likely to be reshuffled for failing to control TLP
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], November 4 (ANI): A major reshuffle of police officers is likely in Lahore, the provincial capital of Pakistan, due to their failure to control protestors of the banned outfit Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), local media reported.
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Pakistan lags behind Bangladesh in per capita income
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], November 4 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in a recent address stated that prices of edible products are lower in the country when compared to other nations in the region. Pakistani local media have reported that Khan has ignored the fact that GDP per capita in t
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Fewer students attend classes in Afghan private universities due to worsen
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 4 (ANI): The deteriorating economic situation in Afghanistan is causing fewer students of the private universities and higher education institutes to attend classes, reported a local media citing officials of the universities.
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4.8 magnitude quake strikes coastal areas of Karachi, Sindh
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 4 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter scale struck coastal areas of Karachi, Thatta, Sujawal and Badin districts of Sindh on Thursday morning, local media reported.
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Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan chief insists on closure of French embassy, say
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 4 (ANI): Sheikh Rashid, Pakistan's Interior Minister, has said that the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)'s chief Saad Rizvi insisted on the closure of the French embassy when he held talks with him, reported local media.
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UNICEF to set up system to fund Afghan teachers directly without giving mo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 4 (ANI): The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund has announced the setting up of a system to fund the Afghan teachers directly without giving money to the Taliban, reported a local media.
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Japanese PM Kishida to double as foreign minister until Cabinet relaunch n
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will double as foreign minister until he relaunches the Cabinet after the Japanese parliament holds a special session next week, local media reported Thursday.
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