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Pakistan: PTI Sindh lawmaker arrested on sexual harassment case
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): Pakistani police arrested a Sindh lawmaker belonging to the former Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party from his apartment over a sexual harassment case, local media reported.
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Multiple people shot at including police officer in Washington DC
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 20 (ANI): Multiple people, including a police officer, were shot at a music event on U Street Northwest in Washington, DC, at a location that is just less than 2 miles from the White House, local media reported.
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Six killed, 8 injured in explosion at China's chemical factory
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lanzhou [China], June 19 (ANI): At least six people were killed and eight others injured in an explosion at a chemical factory in Northwest China's Gansu Province, Lanzhou, local media reported.
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Pakistan reports alarming increase in sexual assault cases
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 19 (ANI): The capital province of Pakistan, Lahore reported a large number of cases of sexual assault in the previous week. The alarming frequency of the cases prompted the Pakistan police to review the overall performance of the Gender-Based Violence Cell, a local me
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Sri Lankan govt announces to shut down schools amid power shortage
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 19 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis, the Sri Lanka government on Saturday announced to shut down all the schools for the coming week, a local media reported.
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Pakistan: Punjab to implement energy-saving plans
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): Amid the power crisis in Pakistan, the provincial government of Punjab on Saturday decided to enforce energy-conservation plans to tackle the chronic situation, local media reported.
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3 labourers shot dead in Balochistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): Three workers were shot dead after gunmen opened fire on a labour camp in Balochistan province's Harnai district local media reported on Saturday.
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Nawaz Sharif struck secret deal in London, will not return to Pakistan, cl
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): Former Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Friday claimed that former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N supremo Nawaz Sharif will not be returning to the country as part of a secret deal struck in London, local media reported.
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Pakistan 'one step away' from existing FATF grey list, says minister
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): Pakistan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Saturday said that they are 'one step away' from the existing Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) 'grey list' and the planned on-site visit is a procedural requirement, a local media rep
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Afghanistan's NRF claims shooting down Taliban's chopper in Panjshir provi
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 18 (ANI): Afghanistan's National Resistance Front (NRF) on Thursday claimed that it had shot down a Taliban helicopter and captured four of the group's members in the country's Panjshir province, local media reported.
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Fire breaks out in Shanghai's petrochemical firm
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], June 18 (ANI): A fire broke out at a petrochemical enterprise in China's Shanghai early on Saturday, according to local media.
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Pakistan turns down China's request to open security company in country
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): Pakistan had turned down China's request to open a security company in their country, a local media reported.
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