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Imran Khan, cabinet approve ban on Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan amid protest
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Pakistan has blacklisted radical Islamist Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), whose supporters and workers have been carrying out violent protests across the country for three days after the arrest of their chief.
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Protests continue in Pakistan over 'blasphemous caricatures', 4 cops kille
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore/Karachi [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): At least four policemen were killed during the clashes as violence erupted across Pakistan over demand of the expulsion of a French envoy over the publication of alleged blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad, according to media reports.
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'War-like situation in Pakistan', protest continues over arrest of Islamis
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Violent protests continued in Pakistan on Wednesday for the second day against the arrest of radical Islamist party leader as demonstrators blocked roads in several major Pakistani cities, including the country's largest city of Karachi, Al Jazeera re
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Indian Sikh pilgrims stranded in Lahore amid violent protests in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): A group of Sikh pilgrims who left Amritsar to pay obeisance at Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasan Abdal on the occasion of Baisakhi, are stranded in Lahore amid rising violence in Pakistan.
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Hong Kong court extends Joshua Wong's jail time for 2019 pro-democracy pro
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 14 (ANI): Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong's democracy activists and among 47 people charged under the draconian national security law, was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday for unauthorized assembly and violating an anti-mask law.
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Closely monitoring Pakistan protests, will do utmost to ensure safe return
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): India is closely tracking the developments in Pakistan and will do "utmost" to ensure security and safe return of the Sikh Pilgrims who have gone to pay obeisance at Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Lahore, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan to ban radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday said that the government has decided to ban the radical Islamist Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), whose supporters and workers have been carrying out violent protests across the country for thr
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Protest breaks out in multiple cities in Pakistan after TLP chief's detent
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): Protests broke out at numerous places in major cities in Pakistan on Monday to oppose the detention of Saad Hussain Rizvi, the chief of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.
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Myanmar: 701 killed, 3,100 people detained, 650 arrest warrants issued dur
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], April 12 (ANI): Since February 1 coup by the Myanmar military, at least 701 people have been killed, 3,100 people detained, and 650 arrest warrants were issued during the protests.
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Assange supporters in UK hold protest to mark arrest anniversary
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Julian Assange supporters held protests in London on Sunday to mark two years since the WikiLeaks founder was dragged out of the Ecuadorean embassy in London and imprisoned in the United Kingdom, where he is waiting in jail for the outcome of an extraditi
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Over 80 killed in Myanmar's Bago as security forces use heavy weapons agai
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 11 (ANI): Over 80 people were killed in Myanmar's central town of Bago on Friday as military and police forces continue their crackdown against protestors using heavy weapons, NHK reported citing a human rights group.
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Hong Kong Police arrest over 10,200 during anti-govt protests in last 20 m
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 10 (ANI): Hong Kong Police have arrested over 10,200 people in connection with the anti-government protests in the last 20 months, signalling the extent of the crackdown launched by Beijing-backed authorities to silence dissenters.
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