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Pakistan to dissolve CPEC Authority if China agrees
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 18 (ANI): Pakistan government has, in principle, decided to abolish the controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority with its planning and development ministry slated to play a key role in dealing with matters related to the multi-billion-dolla
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Taliban increases compulsory religious subjects in Afghan universities' cu
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI): Higher Education Ministry under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said that it has increased the number of compulsory religious subjects in the curriculum of Afghan universities, media reports said.
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Disgruntled Taliban commander killed while trying to flee to Iran
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI): Mawlawi Mahdi Mujahid, a disgruntled Taliban commander, was killed by Taliban border forces when he wanted to enter Iran through the province of Herat in western Afghanistan, media reports said citing a statement from the Taliban's Ministry of Defense.
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US left USD 7 bln worth high-tech military equipment in Taliban's hands
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI): United States, at the time of the withdrawal of its troops from Afghan soil one year back, left military equipment of USD 7 billion worth in the hands of the Taliban, media reports said citing sources.
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Stock exchange seeks clarification from SBI on distressed loan sale
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 16 (ANI): BSE Limited on Tuesday asked the country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) to issue a clarification on media reports regarding the sale of Rs 1,622 crore of distressed loan.
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Pak Army Chief Bajwa likely to visit US, says report days after he seeks U
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 16 (ANI): Days after Pakistan's Army Chief General Qamar Bajwa requested Washington for help in securing an early disbursement of funds from the IMF, Islamabad's most influential man Bajwa is likely to visit US, media reports said citing diplomatic sources.
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China's youth jobless rate hits a record high of 19.9 pc
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 16 (ANI): Youth jobless rate in China has hit a record high of 19.9 percent, media reports said citing the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
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Pakistan to sell majority stakes in state-run airlines to Qatar
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 16 (ANI): Pakistani government has decided to offer Qatar with a 51 per cent stakes in the Roosevelt Hotel, New York, and the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), media reports said citing sources.
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Sri Lanka must avoid China's debt restructuring as Beijing is to seek pref
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 16 (ANI): China will seek preferential treatment on debt restructuring in Sri Lanka which will mostly cater to Beijing's own self-interests and amid this Colombo must avoid these kinds of debt distress efforts at all costs, media reports said.
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COVID-19: Chinese authorities warn Xinjiang residents of 3-day lockdown
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], August 14 (ANI): Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have warned those flouting quarantine laws with as many as three weeks of detention amid the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in the region, according to media reports.
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Sri Lankan Navy refutes media reports terming passage exercise with Pakist
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 14 (ANI): In the backdrop of a Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Taimur which arrived in Sri Lanka to conduct a Passage Exercise, the Sri Lankan Navy clarified that certain media reports circulating about a 'War Game' between Sri Lanka Navy and Pakistan Navy are fallacious
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Eight injured as gunman opens fire at Jerusalem bus
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 14 (ANI): A week after violence flared up between Israel and militants in Gaza, atleast eight people were injured early Sunday when a gunman opened fire at a bus near Jerusalem's Old City, media reports said citing police and medics.
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