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Sindh human rights group to protest outside UN office over water crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 19 (ANI): Amid the ongoing water shortage in Pakistan leading to a tense standoff between the provinces of Punjab and Sindh, a human rights group, Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) has called for protests against the crisis in front of the UN office in New York.
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3 injured as blast hits northern Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Balkh [Afghanistan], May 19 (ANI): At least three people sustained injuries following a blast in the Balkh province's Mazar-i-Sharif on Thursday.
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Rights group condemns killing of Ahmadi man in Pakistan's Punjab
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 19 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday condemned the brutal murder of an Ahmadi man in Punjab province who was reportedly stabbed to death by a fanatic.
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Two policemen killed in gunfire in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Two policemen were killed in a gun attack on Tuesday afternoon in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Former Punjab governor seeks treason trial of Shehbaz Sharif
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in Pakistan's Punjab province, PTI leader and former Punjab governor Omer Sarfraz Cheema has announced that he is approaching the court for a high treason case against Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
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15,000 more govt schools needed to enrol 4.7 m out-of-school children in P
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Pakistan's Elementary and Secondary Education (E and SE) Department needs to establish over 15,000 additional government schools for enrolling a total of 4.7 million out-of-school children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to an internal assessment
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Water released from Taunsa barrage in Pakistan's Punjab fails to reach Sin
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Water released from the Taunsa barrage in Pakistan's Punjab province for Sindh reportedly failed to reach its destination in Sindh in an interesting development hinting at the country's water struggle.
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Pakistan: Sit-in protest against killing of Sikh shopkeepers in Peshawar
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Many people from the Sikh community in Pakistan staged a sit-in on the Grand Trunk Road outside the historic Qilla Bala Hisar to protest against the murder of two Sikh men, who were gunned down in the city of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Pakistan's Sindh province faces 'calamity' like situation due to water sho
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Amid the recording-breaking temperature in the southeastern region of Pakistan, Sindh province is staring at a 'calamity' like situation due to a shortage of water.
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1 killed, 5 injured in Indonesian oil refinery fire
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): One person was killed and five others wounded as an oil refinery operated by an Indonesian state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina caught fire in Balikpapan town of East Kalimantan province on Sunday, a rescuer said.
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India registers protest over 'brutal killing' of Sikh traders in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): India on Sunday called upon Pakistan to take strict action against those responsible for brutal killing of Sikh traders in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Rights group condemns murder of two Sikh men in Peshawar
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday condemned the murder of two Sikh men, who were gunned down in the city of Peshawar in Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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