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Ailing Musharraf 'wants to spend rest of his life in Pakistan'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): Pakistan's former military leader Pervez Musharraf, who has been living in Dubai since 2016, has expressed his desire to spend the "rest of his life" in his home country, local media reported.
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Afghanistan: Taliban forces beat up journalist
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 15 ((ANI): Taliban forces in Afghanistan have beaten up a former reporter of Kabul News at a checkpoint of PD-5 Kabul city because he was wearing trousers, a local media reported.
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Sri Lanka declares Fridays as holiday to promote agriculture
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers has approved a proposal to declare Fridays as a holiday for government employees to encourage them to carry out agricultural work to increase production in the country, local media reported on Tuesday.
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China's extreme COVID testing norms to hit country's GDP: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 12 (ANI): China's extreme COVID-19 testing policies are projected to give a blow to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by about 1.5 per cent, said media reports.
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Jindal Group clarifies that due to mistaken identity, chairman's picture e
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Renowned Indian steel and energy company, Jindal Steel and Power Limited on Sunday issued a clarification regarding a news article that allegedly uses photographs of the Chairman while reporting a sensitive matter.
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North Korea appoints nuclear negotiator as first woman foreign minister
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North korea], June 12 (ANI): North Korea has named a top nuclear negotiator as the nation's first female foreign minister, state media reported Saturday.
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Philippine Defense Secretary faints at Independence Day ceremony
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 12 (ANI): Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana fainted during an Independence Day ceremony on Sunday morning, according to media reports.
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Afghanistan: 90 pc of Alasai district residents lack access to telecom ser
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 11 (ANI): Only 10 per cent of people in the Alasai district of Afghanistan's Kapisa province have access to telecom services, a media report citing locals stated.
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At least 8 killed, 10 wounded in traffic accident in NW Turkey
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 8 people were killed and 10 others were wounded when a minibus was hit by a truck in Turkey's northwestern province of Balikesir on Saturday, local media reported.
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Bangladesh: Fire on two bogies of Sylhet-bound Parabot Express
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 11 (ANI): At least two compartments of Sylhet-bound Parabat Express were completely burnt after a large fire ripped through the train in Bangladesh's Sylhet region on Saturday, according to media reports.
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Pakistan's unemployment woes: 27.6 pc rise in people seeking jobs overseas
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): The number of Pakistanis seeking jobs abroad in the year 2021 has risen to 27.6 per cent as compared to the previous year, local media reported.
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2 Pakistani policemen killed by drug smuggler during exchange of fire
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Two Pakistani police personnel were killed in an exchange of fire with an alleged drug smuggler in Kalabat village in Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, local media reported on Saturday.
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