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Pakistan clerics, traders in anti-blasphemy protests
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI) Religious groups and traders in Pakistan jointly protested against the alleged blasphemy on Friday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and announced that they won't allow lawyers to appear for the suspect in court.
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Pakistanis tired of unresponsive govt amid floods, pick up tools to pave t
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kohistan [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): As Pakistan faces flood havoc, the people of Kohistan district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have let go of all hopes with the government to restore connections to other parts of the country and have started to repair the roads themselves, media r
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Balochistan minister rejects PKR 10 billion grant from Pak govt, says "gra
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): Balochistan Agriculture Minister Mir Asadullah Baloch on Friday rejected the Rs 10 billion grant announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for the rehabilitation of flood victims in the province saying that the grant was nothing compared to the lo
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Pakistani policeman killed in Dera Ismail Khan after unknown men open fire
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): A Pakistani policeman was killed in Dera Ismail Khan District on Friday after unknown assailants opened fire at him when he was going to duty, local media reported on Saturday.
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Catastrophic floods affect 30 out of 34 provinces of Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 2 (ANI): Flash floods in Afghanistan have affected more than 100,000 people this year, devastating 30 of the country's 34 provinces, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' (OCHA) report.
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UN report on Xinjiang likely to worsen ties between China, West
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China] September 2 (ANI): The recent United Nations report on China detailing rights abuses in Xinjiang is likely to strain ties between China and the West, according to analysts.
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About 8 lakh livestock lost in Pakistan floods
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 2 (ANI): Over the past few weeks, torrential monsoon rains have broken a century-long record and dumped more than five times the 30-year average for rainfall in some provinces, killing more than 1200 people, including about 400 children.
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Twenty killed in mosque blast in Afghanistan's Herat
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 2 (ANI): At least 20 people were killed in a blast that rocked a mosque in northwestern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, Afghan media reported.
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Prominent cleric among Afghans killed in Herat mosque blast
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 2 (ANI): A prominent Afghan cleric was among the people killed in a blast that rocked a mosque in Herat province on Friday, officials said.
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UN chief urges China to follow Xinjiang report recommendations
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 2 (ANI): United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres urged China to follow the recommendations of a UN report that found credible allegations of torture and forced labour in Xinjiang province.
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China introduces lockdown in Chengdu city due to COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 1 (ANI): China has introduced a lockdown in the 21-million population city of Chengdu, the capital of southwestern Sichuan province, to conduct PCR testing among residents, local authorities said on Thursday amid the spike in COVID-19 infections.
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Rights groups demand action against China after release of UN report on Xi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], September 1 (ANI): A group of 60 Uyghur organizations from 20 countries are calling for an immediate response to put an end to atrocities against Uyghurs, following the release of a report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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