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Renowned Kashmiri activist joins UKPNP
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 15 (ANI): Well-known Kashmiri activist Shabir Choudhry has joined the United Kashmir Peoples National Party (UKPNP), saying that he intended to advance the cause of united and independent Jammu and Kashmir with a democratic, liberal and secular society.
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Islamic radicalization in Pakistan poses threat to world, say experts
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 14 (ANI): Pakistan continues to remain an epicenter of Islamic radicalization, said a group of international experts while speaking on a side event titled "Growing Extremism in South Asia; Repercussions for the West" held during the 37th session of UN Human Right
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Activists pay tributes to late rights advocate Asma Jahangir
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 13 (ANI): Activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Tuesday paid tributes to Asma Jahangir, Pakistan Human Rights Commission co-founder and an advocate who fought for the rights of oppressed people in the South Asian nation.
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Yameen turning Maldives into dictatorship, but will China support it?
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar. 13 (ANI): Ever since embattled Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen imposed emergency on February 1, he has been slowly turning his country into his fiefdom.
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'Broker' Pakistan now aspiring to sell Gilgit-Baltistan to China: EU exper
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): A senior European researcher has accused Pakistan of making moves to sell the disputed region of Gilgit-Baltistan to China in return for stacks of Renminbi (Chinese currency) and Yuan (basic unit of Chinese currency).
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Pakistan's human rights violations brought into light at UN
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): Speaking at the 37th United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session, Dušan Vejinovic, a Senior Research Analyst at the European Foundation for South-Asian Studies brought into focus the numerous human rights violations by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmi
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YuppTV partners with Brilliant Living TV, ventures into fitness & well
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 8 (ANI): Leading OTT player for south-Asian content, YuppTV on Thursday announced its plans of venturing into fitness and wellness space, by partnering with the largest content provider in the fitness genre, Brilliant Living TV (BLT).
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China struggling to balance contradictory interests in Pakistan: Expert
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Singapore City (Singapore), Mar. 6 (ANI): China's recent failure to shield Pakistan from censorship by an international anti-terrorism funding and anti-money laundering body suggests Beijing is struggling to balance its contradictory interests in South Asia, says an expert on Asian and Mi
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Pak presses Nepal over SAARC summit
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Mar 5 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi who arrived in Nepal on Monday afternoon held talks with Nepali counterpart KP Sharma Oli and asked him to make South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) more rigid and powerful.
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Pentagon reminds Pak on terrorism, urges to tackle it
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 5 (ANI): The Pentagon on Sunday reminded Pakistan that the war on terrorism in the South Asian region reached an "inflection point" and that the country should take the opportunity to tackle and defeat terrorists, as the United States and Pakistan aims to improve t
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Ericsson, Dialog Axiata partner to roll out IoT network in Sri Lanka
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka's largest telecommunications services provider, Dialog Axiata PLC, and multinational networking and telecommunications company, Ericsson have rolled out the first commercial massive Internet of Things (IoT) network supporting both Cat-M1 and NB-IoT
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Athlete Jithin Paul slapped 4-year-ban for possession of banned drug
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI): Indian athlete Jithin Paul has been banned for four years after National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) found that the 400 metre hurdler was in possession of a prohibited substance called 'Meldonium'.
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