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Sri Lankans protesting at Galle Face reject PM Rajapaksa's offer for talks
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 14 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis in Sri Lanka, a group of protestors at the Galle Face area, which they have renamed "Gota Go Gama", rejected the offer of talks extended by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa while pressing for the resignation of the r
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On eve of Sri Lankan New Year, PM Rajapaksa offers to hold talks with prot
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Wednesday that as the country's prime minister, he is ready to speak with the protesters who have been protesting against the government at Galle Face in Colombo for five days over the economic and p
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Protests intensifies in Colombo against Sri Lankan govt amidst economic cr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 13 (ANI): Protests in Colombo intensified on Tuesday against the Sri Lankan government amidst the ongoing economic crisis, despite Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's appeal to the people to keep patience in order to enable the government to resolve the situation.
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Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif's 6-day week bitter dose to arrest failing economy
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): Newly-elected Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in one of his first decisions, announced one-day weekly off and changed the government offices' timing to 10 hours, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Pakistan: JUI-F protests against Imran Khan-led PTI for alleged attack on
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): The workers of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) staged a protest against former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) after a mosque and madrassa were vandalised in Timergara, local media reported.
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Five policemen killed in terror attack in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): Five policemen were killed in a rocket attack carried out by terrorists in Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported on Monday.
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Pakistan court rejects plea seeking probe into 'threat letter'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a plea seeking to place the names of the former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-ministers on the Exit Control List (ECL) and an investigation into an alleged threat letter, local media reported.
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Every second you protest on road, we are losing dollars: Sri Lanka PM Mahi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 11 (ANI): In a special address to the nation amid the ongoing economic crisis and massive protests calling for his ouster, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday requested people to remain patient in order to enable the government to resolve the si
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Shehbaz Sharif set to become the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif, the joint opposition candidate, is set to become the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan as the ruling Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was voted out after losing the n
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Pakistan: Sindh Taraqi-Pasand Party protests against arrest of its workers
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Several workers of Sindh Taraqi-Pasand Party (STP) on Sunday staged a demonstration in Sukkur district of Pakistan's southern Sindh province against the arrest of its workers by police a couple of days ago.
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Members of Imran Khan's party walk out of National Assembly ahead of new P
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) legislators walked out of the country's National Assembly session which is being held to elect the new Prime Minister.
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National Assembly session for election of new Pakistan PM begins
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): The National Assembly session for the election of the new Prime Minister of Pakistan has begun.
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