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India reiterates commitment to Sri Lankan people after Ranil Wickremesingh
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): India's commitment to the people of Sri Lanka will continue, said Indian High Commission in Colombo on Thursday shortly after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed leader of the United National Party Ranil Wickremesinghe as the prime minister on
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Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka amid the worst economic crisis faced by the country that has seen violent anti-government protests.
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Will devise strategy soon if Ranil Wickramasinghe will become Sri Lanka PM
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Underlining that Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is the largest opposition party in the country, Sri Lanka's Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa on Thursday said that his party will "devise a strategy" if United National Party (UNI) leader Ranil Wickramasing
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Baloch leader gunned down in Pakistan's Quetta
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Saeed Ahmed Baloch, a local leader of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), was gunned down by unidentified attackers in Quetta's Qambrani Road area on Monday, local media reported.
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Complete system change needed with help of youth, says former Sri Lanka PM
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis in the country, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's former Prime Minister and leader of the United National Party, said in a meeting on Saturday that Sri Lanka requires a complete system change with the help of the nation's youth.
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Pakistan political parties call for resolution to Balochistan's issues thr
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): Pakistan's political parties Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the National Party were unanimous in calling for a solution to Balochistan's issues through political dialogue and not through military operations in
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BJP hits back at KTR's 'no national party' jibe, says forming govt in Tela
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Countering Telangana Rashtra Samithi working president KT Rama Rao's claim that the Bharatiya Janata Party has a miniscule presence in southern parts of the country, the BJP general secretary CT Ravi said that his party is set to form government in Telangan
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Former PM Wickremesinghe predicts food crisis in Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has predicted food shortage in Sri Lanka as the Indian credit facility given for fuel will end by the first week of May and demanded the Rajapaksa government's resignation.
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Pakistan treats PoK as colony, says rights activist
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], April 24 (ANI): Pakistan treats Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) as a colony and exploits it without giving any regard to the rights situation in the region, said a London-based rights activist.
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Pakistan: Protests held in Balochistan against killing of truck driver
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], April 21 (ANI): Various political parties staged a protest on Wednesday in several parts of Pakistan's Balochistan province against the killing of a truck driver in Chagai as well as injuries to those who had taken to the streets against the incident, local media report
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Pakistan: Sardar Akhtar Mengal refuses to accept ministry in federal govt
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 20 (ANI): Chief of Balochistan National Party, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, refused to be a part of the federal government. He also declined to attend the oath-taking ceremony on Tuesday in protest against the Chaghi fire incident.
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Balochistan party boycotts Pakistan National Assembly over civilian killin
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], April 19 (ANI): In an embarrassement to newly-formed coalition government under Shehbaz Sharif government in Pakistan, the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) boycotted the National Assembly proceedings on Monday over the killings of civilians by security forces i
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