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The siege of Pakistan's Lal Masjid
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Rome [Italy], Feb 10 (ANI): Maulana Abdul Aziz, better known as 'Maulana Burqa' for escaping arrest in 2007, being disguised as a woman, does it again.
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J-K under virtual siege for five months, human rights trampled upon: Oppos
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): The Congress and 19 other opposition parties on Monday accused the BJP-led government of repealing Article 370 "in a hasty hurry," which had left Jammu and Kashmir "under virtual siege" for the past five months, human rights "trampled upon" and lives "ruin
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Baghdad embassy attack: US will protect and defend its people, says Michae
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] Jan 1 (ANI): Amid US embassy siege in Baghdad, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday held telephonic conversations with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and President Barham Salih separately, saying that the United States will protect and defend its people in Iraq.
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Iraqi PM calls for end to US embassy siege after strikes on shiite militia
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 1 (ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi urged protesters on Tuesday to end the violent siege of the American embassy in Baghdad, which was triggered by a deadly US strike on a Shiite militia.
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SC refuses to grant urgent hearing to plea seeking action against police f
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to urgently list a petition seeking disciplinary action against Delhi Police personnel who had laid siege at the police headquarters in the national capital following the Tis Hazari clashes last month.
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Pakistan: Journalists hold protests, condemn act of laying siege to newspa
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Dec 06 (ANI): Journalists from across Pakistan held protests on Thursday against the siege of offices of Dawn newspaper by a mob earlier this week.
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Dhaka cafe terror attack: Cout sentences 7 to death, 1 acquitted
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 27 (ANI): An anti-terrorism court in Dhaka on Wednesday sentenced seven people to death in connection with a 2016 deadly siege of a popular cafe in the Bangladeshi capital.
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Hong Kong: Protestors end 15-hour long siege of police headquarters amid b
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 22 (ANI): Thousands of protestors here in the wee hours of Saturday morning ended their 15-hour siege of the city's police headquarters after putting up demonstrations demanding complete withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill and exoneration of demonstrators arrested
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Kabul: Siege on US NGO's building ends after 6 hours
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): At least two of the attackers were killed by the Afghan forces as the assault on Counterpart International's building here ended nearly after six hours on Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior.
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Cologne hostage siege ends, captor severely injured by police forces
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Cologne [Germany], Oct 16 (ANI): Police were successful in severely wounding the captor who had taken a girl hostage in the Breslauer Platz area here on Monday.
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Ghazni siege: President Ghani demands explanation from Imran Khan
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 23 (ANI): In the wake of the Pakistan government's vision to establish better bilateral relations with its neighbours, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani demanded an explanation from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on the recent Taliban attack in Ghazni city. Read More
Pak Army chief denies supporting Taliban in Ghazni siege
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 20 (ANI): Pakistan's Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa rebuffed claims from Kabul that Islamabad supported the Taliban in carrying out an attack in Afghanistan's Ghazni city.
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