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Amid Sri Lankan political turmoil, UNP to 'fast until death'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] Nov 21 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam informed that the party will be holding a series of protests and fasts until death in order to express their disapproval against what it called an "unconstitutional instate of a new govern
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Sri Lanka: All-party meeting ends with no solution for political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 19 (ANI): The all-party meeting called by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday ended with no solution for the ongoing political crisis in the island nation.
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Activists urge Pak to end `illegal occupation' of PoK, Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bagh [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir]/Brussels [Belgium], Nov 18 (ANI): Activists from various parts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) gathered in Bagh district and carried out a protest rally to demand an end to Pakistan's 'illegal' and 'forceful occupation'.
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Sri Lanka: UNP holds protest against political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 15 (ANI): Members and supporters of United National Party (UNP) on Thursday took to streets in protest as the political and constitutional turmoil grew in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka to hold general elections on Jan 5
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in the country, Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament with effect from Friday midnight and announced that the general elections in the country would be held on January 5, 2019.
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Lanka: Tamil National Alliance to support no-trust motion against Rajapaks
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 4 (ANI): The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Tamil minority, has decided to back the no-confidence motion brought by the United National Party against newly sworn-in Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Newly appointed Sri Lankan cabinet sworn in
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 30 (ANI): Newly-appointed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse's cabinet was on Monday sworn in amid increasing pressure on President Maithripala Sirisena to convene an early session of the Parliament.
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Sri Lanka: UNP plans to move impeachment motion against President Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): As many as 113 members of United National Party (UNP) are in the process of signing an impeachment motion against President Maithripala Sirisena, which is expected to be submitted to the Speaker of Sri Lankan Parliament by Sunday evening.
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Anti-Pakistan protests erupt in PoK
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK] Oct 05 (ANI): Massive anti-Pakistan protests have erupted in Muzaffarabad city and other parts of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) as the residents demand an end to Pakistani occupation and strongly oppose the construction of dams in the region.
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PML-N, PPP, MMA to form opposition alliance
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 31 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) have agreed to form a 'solid' alliance in the Parliament and the Provincial Assemblies.
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Pak: ANP workers stage protest against rigging in polls
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jul 30 (ANI): Protests are being held by workers of the Awami National Party (ANP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) against the alleged rigging in the just-concluded general elections held on July 25.
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Pak polls: ANP leader injured in firing
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Chaman [Pakistan], July 16 (ANI): Awami National Party (ANP) leader Daud Khan Achakzai was injured on Monday when unknown assailants opened fire indiscriminately on a guest house where party candidate Zmrak Khan Achakzai was staying.
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