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Thai top court sends former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to one year in jail
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The country's Supreme Court today ruled that the hospital stay of the 76-year-old premier, from August 2023 to February 2024, after he returned to Thailand following 15 years of self-imposed exile, was not lawful and cannot be counted as time served.
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Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra freed after six months in detention
Updated : 2 years ago IST
After spending more than 15 years in self-imposed exile, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was freed from detention on Sunday after serving six months in jail, CNN reported.
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Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif reaches Lahore, set to address Minar-i-Pakistan ral
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
After spending four years in self-imposed exile, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif reached Lahore on Saturday and is set to address a rally at the Minar-i-Pakistan.
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Here's a look at Nawaz Sharif's journey ahead of his arrival in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Three-time former Prime Minister and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif is set to return to Pakistan on Saturday after a four-year-long self-imposed exile in London.
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Hong Kong national security police issue bounty for democracy activists
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong police issued bounties on eight democracy activists in self-imposed exile abroad on Monday, promising HK dollars 1 million in rewards for information leading to their arrests, reported CNN.
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Gen Bajwa gave clean chit to 'gang of corrupt' via reconciliation ordinanc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The former Prime Minister made the remarks in the backdrop of Salman Shehbaz's return to the country after ending over four years of self-imposed exile in London, according to The News International.
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Ailing Musharraf expected to return to Pakistan soon
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], June 18 (ANI): Pakistan's former military leader Pervez Musharraf, who has been living in Dubai since 2016, is expected to return to Pakistan soon.
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Ailing Musharraf 'wants to spend rest of his life in Pakistan'
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): Pakistan's former military leader Pervez Musharraf, who has been living in Dubai since 2016, has expressed his desire to spend the "rest of his life" in his home country, local media reported.
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Ailing Musharraf set to return to Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): Pakistan's former military leader Pervez Musharraf, who has been hospitalized for the last three weeks due to health-related complications, is set to return home from self-imposed exile, the Voice of America (VOA) reported.
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I feel unsafe in exile, despite leaving Pak: Taha Siddiqui
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan 9 (ANI): A year after escaping a possible assassination attempt by armed men while on his way to Islamabad airport, noted Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui has opined that despite leaving the country and living in a self-imposed exile in France since then, he feels th
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