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Pakistan: Landowners demand compensation for lands acquired for hydropower
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mansehra [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): Landowners who have been denied compensation for the land acquired for Diamer-Basha hydropower project staged a sit-in on the Karakoram Highway post which commuters remained stranded for long hours, media reports said.
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Impasse in Pakistan over diplomats' tax exemptions, allowances
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): Due to the constraints by International Monetary Fund in view of Pakistan's crippled economy, the country's government has once again failed to restore the income tax exemption and allowances for Pakistani diplomats posted abroad, media reports said.
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Amid scorching heatwave China's power usage hits record-breaking levels
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 27 (ANI): China continues to remain under the grip of an extreme heatwave and this has in turn threatened crops and people's lives and pushed China's power usage to record-breaking levels, media reports said.
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Unsafe manoeuvres by Chinese aircraft in South China sea risk major incide
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 27 (ANI): Warning of China's increasing military engagement in "unsafe and unprofessional behaviour" in the South China Sea, a US official said that such provocations risked a major incident in the region, media reports said.
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7 killed in Kandahar due to Cholera; over 667 infected
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 27 (ANI): At least seven children were killed due to cholera outbreak and 667 others were infected with the disease in less than a week in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, media reports citing doctor in the province stated on Wednesday.
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Pakistan Interior Minister warns of Governor's rule in Punjab province
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): Hours after Pakistan Muslim League (Q) leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi was sworn in as the Punjab Chief Minister, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah threatened to impose Governor's rule in the province, media reports said.
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China seeks to influence Indo-Pacific region through investments in Sri La
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 27 (ANI): China is seeking to increase its influence in the Indo-Pacific region by bolstering its investments in debt-ridden Sri Lanka along with aligning with "corrupt" politicians of the island nation, media reports said.
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Pak: Nawaz Sharif calls for early general election after PML-N's heavy def
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has urged for early general elections while he discusses with the senior party leadership about quitting the government at the Centre, media reports said citing sources.
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Persecution of minorities under blasphemy continues in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): The targeting of religious minorities has been continuing in Pakistan under blasphemy as a large number of innocent persons who have lost their lives, homes and their terrorized families dispersed, according to media reports.
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China's Alibaba announces plans to apply for primary listing in Hong Kong
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 26 (ANI): Chinese giant Alibaba has announced plans to apply for a primary listing in Hong Kong opening up the firm to a vast pool of mainland China investors for the first time, media reports said.
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Protestor who disrupted Sri Lanka's state TV programme arrested
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 26 (ANI): Dhaniz Ali, a Sri Lankan protestor who entered the premises of Sri Lanka's national television network, Rupavahini Corporation, disrupting scheduled programming, was arrested while attempting to leave the island nation, media reports said.
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Two children killed, 10 people injured in Afghanistan's blast
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Zabul [Afghanistan], July 26 (ANI): At least two children were killed and 10 others injured after an explosion took place in Afghanistan's Zabul province on Tuesday, according to media reports.
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