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Pakistan, Taliban exchange protest notes amid tension along Durand Line
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): Amid the continuing tension along the Durand Line between the Pakistani troops and the Talibani forces, the Foreign Ministries of both sides have exchanged protest notes accusing each other of displaying aggressive attitudes on the border, local media rep
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China's Shanghai begins second phase of massive COVID-19 screening amid la
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 1 (ANI): Amid the largest lockdown in two years, the Chinese city of Shanghai on Friday launched the second phase of a massive COVID-19 PCR screening, local media reported citing local authorities.
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Pakistan may take back draconian ordinance against media
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): Qasim Wadood, Additional Attorney General (AAG), representing the Pakistan government in the Islamabad High Court, said that the government has put the PECA (Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act) ordinance on the back-burner, media report.
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Sri Lanka lifts curfew imposed after violent protests outside President Ra
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 1 (ANI): An overnight curfew imposed in several parts of Colombo, after protests outside Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence over worsening economic crisis in the country turned violent, has been lifted, local media reported on Friday.
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US launches satellite TV channel for Afghanistan after Taliban banned VOA
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): After the Taliban banned Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts from terrestrial television, the US government-funded news agency has launched a 24/7 direct-to-home satellite-delivered television channel for Afghanistan, local media reported.
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Pakistan to issue demarche to unnamed country whose official communicated
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 31 (ANI): Pakistan's National Security Committee (NSC) decided the country would issue a strong demarche to an unnamed country whose official communicated the "threat" to the south Asian country, media reports said on Thursday.
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Blast on railway track in Pakistan's Sindh, trains suspended
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 31 (ANI): Pakistan's railway authorities have suspended train operations in several areas of Sindh province after a blast on the railway track, media reports said
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No-confidence vote: Fearing ouster, Imran Khan offers to dissolve assembly
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 31 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has reportedly offered to dissolve the assembly on the condition to withdraw the no-confidence motion against him, a local media report said on Friday.
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Uyghur woman who fled forced abortion, dies in China prison
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 31 (ANI): An Uyghur woman who had escaped from a hospital in China after she was asked to terminate her pregnancy, as per China's family planning policy for ethnic minorities, has died in prison, according to a media report.
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Zelenskyy urges new sanctions against Russia in address to Australian parl
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for further sanctions on Russia during a virtual address to the Australian parliament on Thursday, according to media report.
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18 injured in bus-truck collision in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Wardak [Afghanistan], March 31 (ANI): Eighteen people were injured after a bus collided with a truck on a highway in Afghanistan's Wardak province, media reported on Thursday.
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Pakistan: Electricity shortage reaches critical levels, unannounced load-s
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 31 (ANI): The power crisis across Pakistan has intensified as the overall electricity shortfall reached 5000 megawatts, local media reported on Thursday.
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