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Pakistan releases 42 Afghans from its different jails
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], December 25 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday released 42 Afghans from different jails and handed over them to Afghan officials in Torkham, a port city in eastern Nangarhar province.
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'China concerned about escalating protests in Gwadar'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], December 24 (ANI): As massive protests rocked Pakistan's Balochistan province, China is concerned about the escalating protests in Gwadar-both the non-violent and the armed versions of it, said a European think tank.
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China's Jilin province mulls baby loans for couples as population shrinks
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 25 (ANI): The Chinese province of Jilin is considering giving loans of up to USD 31,400 to couples who want to settle down and raise children, Sputnik reported citing a draft document published by the regional authority.
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Earthquake of 4.2 magnitude hits Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], December 25 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hit Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported.
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China punishes more than two dozen officials over surge in COVID cases
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 24 (ANI): More than two dozen officials in China's Shaanxi provinces have been punished by the authorities over their ineffective preventive measures on tackling the COVID-19 spread in the city of Xi'an, reported Xinhua.
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After PTI's defeat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's local body polls, Imran Khan fo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): After the defeat of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in its stronghold of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to wrong selection of candidates, Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the Punjab government and party leadership to select candidates on merit for the up
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Pakistan man gets death sentence for blasphemy
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): A local Pakistan court has convicted a man hailing from Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of committing blasphemy through uploading a video on the internet and sentenced him to death.
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Pakistan: Three injured in grenade attack in Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Khuzdar [Balochistan], December 24 (ANI): Three people were injured in a hand-grenade attack on a shop in Pakistan's Balochistan province, local media reported on Friday.
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US calls on China to end genocide, crimes in Xinjiang province: Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): The US called on China to immediately end genocide and crimes against Muslim Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang province.
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Strong step to combat exploitation of forced labor in Xinjiang: Nancy Pelo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): After US President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) into law today, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday (local time) said that it is a strong step to combat the exploitation of forced labor in China's Xinjiang province.
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Biden signs bill to ban imports from China's Xinjiang into law
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 23 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" that bans importing of goods into the US made with forced labour in China's Xinjiang province.
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China locks down Xi'an amid COVID-19 surge
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 23 (ANI): China on Thursday shut down Xi'an, the capital city of the country's Shaanxi province in a bid to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak amid the growing global threat of Omicron variant across the world, local media reported.
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