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Nine killed, 21 injured after terrorists ambush passenger bus in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

  • 2023-12-03 13:42:20

The bus veered into a goods truck on the opposite side of the road to dodge the bullets and collided head-on with a truck. Many injured are ...

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PTI lets go founder Imran Khan as party captain to save 'bat' for elections

  • 2023-12-02 18:06:39

This leadership change came after the Election Commission of Pakistan cautioned the PTI about the potential loss of its symbol – a cricket b...

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Pakistan Supreme Court begins hearing petition challenging deportation of Afghan refugees

  • 2023-12-02 01:55:51

Thousands of people fled Afghanistan to escape persecution after the Taliban seized power in the country following a chaotic and h...

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Cast From The Past: When Kissinger failed to make China attack India during 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

  • 2023-11-30 20:00:53

In December 1971, the then-US president Richard Nixon instructed his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger to ask the Chinese to move so...

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Cast From The Past: When Kissinger failed to make China attack India during 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

  • 2023-11-30 20:00:53

In December 1971, the then-US president Richard Nixon instructed his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger to ask the Chinese to move so...

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Kissinger should have apologised for 1971 war role: Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen

  • 2023-11-30 19:12:41

Momen highlighted Kissingers role in violating all American laws, international laws to support Pakistani military junta and also supplied w...

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Nepal becomes first South Asian nation to register same-sex marriage

  • 2023-11-29 22:53:27

Thirty-six-year-old Ram Bahadur (Maya) Gurung (36), who was born male but identifies as female got married to Surendra Pandey (26), who was ...

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Afghan diplomat in India asserts allegiance to Republic amid Taliban claims

  • 2023-11-29 22:15:08

The development comes at a time when Talibans Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai declared in an interview with Afghanistans state broadcaster RTA...

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Pakistan's election commission faces accusation of changing voting map in ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's favour

  • 2023-11-29 19:34:01

The plan, which has been alleged to favour Nawaz Sharif in the forthcoming general elections, comes amid allegations regarding pre-polling r...

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Pakistan ex-PM Nawaz Sharif acquitted in corruption cases ahead of general elections

  • 2023-11-29 18:30:39

Nawaz Sharif, 73, had filed pleas in the Islamabad High Court, challenging his conviction in the Avenfield property and Al-Azizia cases

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Imran to not contest PTI intra-party polls, Gohar Khan roped in as 'temporary arrangement'

  • 2023-11-29 17:04:38

The comments came days after a warning by the poll body to PTI which cautioned that the bat election symbol will be taken away in case ...

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Open trial of jailed former Pak PM Imran Khan to be held on Friday

  • 2023-11-29 01:28:06

The special court in Islamabad said that Khan’s trial on charges of leaking state secrets will start afresh on Friday

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Pakistan, UAE sign MoUs for investments in energy, food security, other sectors

  • 2023-11-28 23:33:17

According to a post by Pakistan Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakars office, these MoUs will unlock multi-billion dollars of investment from t...

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Bangladeshi couple's research paper cum wedding invitation leaves internet in splits

  • 2023-11-28 19:19:07

In the era of fancy invitations accompanied by chocolates and scented candles, a Bangladeshi couples wedding card is going viral for its inn...

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Asian Development Bank approves $180 million loan for Pakistan

  • 2023-11-28 19:10:18

The loan is part of a total of $10 billion which donors pledged to Pakistan to help it recover from last years devastating floods.

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China's Sinopec cleared to build $4.5 billion refinery at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port

  • 2023-11-28 08:47:22

Sri Lankas Cabinet approves Chinas Sinopec to invest USD 4.5 billion in a petroleum refinery at Hambantota port, marking the largest foreign...

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Pakistan: Cops probe killing of 18-year-old woman over social media photo

  • 2023-11-27 21:35:55

According to rights groups, hundreds of women in Pakistan are victims of honour killing, which is carried out by relatives professing to be ...

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Bangladesh’s ‘autocratic lockdown’ sees over 10,000 activists behind bars: HRW  

  • 2023-11-27 19:29:52

Among those arrested are the members of the principal opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which said that around half of its five...

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Pakistan: PTI seeks fair elections as workers clash with police during party convention

  • 2023-11-26 19:12:43

Two PTI workers were injured in a clash with police during a workers convention in the Sahibabad area. Despite the imposition of Section 144...

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Pakistan: Ex-husband of Imran Khan's wife accuses the couple of 'fornication' and 'fraudulent marriage'

  • 2023-11-26 10:27:55

Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi face accusations of fornication and fraudulent marriage by Khawar Maneka, ex-husband of Bushra. Legal action ensu...

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