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Central Asia

Kyrgyz airports serve over 2.7 million passengers in first nine months

Bishkek: The number of passengers who use Manas International Airport (MIA) has increased in the first nine months of the year. The airport served 2,714,706 passengers, an increase of 46,000 over the same period last year. The figure meant that MIA serviced an average of 9,900 passengers per day. According…
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South Asia

Anti-government protesters block highways across Pakistan

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representative Islamabad: After staging sit-in from November 1 to 12, thousands of workers of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), a religio-political party led by Maulana Fazal-u-Rehman, continued blocking the major highways across the country since Wednesday as part of the party’s Plan to dislodge the government of Prime…
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South Asia

Lightning kills 29 people in Thar Desert of Pakistan

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representative Karachi: At least 29 people including men and women died and dozens of animals including cows, goats and camels perished due to lightning during the torrential rains which started late last night in Tharparkar, the desert district of Sindh province of Pakistan, according to…
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East Asia

Cold spell sweeps South Korea on college exam day

Seoul: A cold wave swept across the nation on the day of the national college entrance examination Thursday, with the mercury dipping to near or below zero in Seoul and central areas, South Korea’s weather authority said. The morning low dropped to minus 13.8 C in Mount Seorak, while Daegwallyeong,…
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South Asia

Pakistani foundation wins Bahrain’s Isa Award for Service to Humanity

By Habib Toumi Manama: The Edhi Foundation, Pakistan’s largest charity foundation known worldwide for its humanitarian work, was awarded the Isa Award for Service to Humanity in its fourth edition 2018-2019. The biennial award was established in 2008 by Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in commemoration of his…
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South Asia

South Korea finances establishing three hospitals in Pakistan

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representative Karachi: The Republic of Korea on Monday agreed to provide a US$300 million soft loan for financing establishment of three hospitals in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. In a meeting with Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah at Chief Minister’s House in Karachi, the provincial capital,…
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South East Asia

MH360 air-turn back due to landing gear issue: Malaysia Airlines

Putrajaya: Malaysia Airlines flight MH360, which departed from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on Saturday evening, experienced an air-turn back due to a landing gear issue. In a statement today, Malaysia Airlines said the operating captain made a decision to return to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in the interest of…
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South Asia

Pakistan formally opens Kartarpur Corridor for Indian Sikh pilgrims

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representative Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan formally inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor at a colourful ceremony on Saturday in Narowal area near Indian border, paving the way for Sikh pilgrims to visit Darbar Baba Guru Nanak, one of their religion’s holiest sites in Pakistan without needing a…
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South Asia

Pakistan Opens Kartarpur Corridor for Indian Sikh Pilgrims on Saturday

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representative Islamabad: Inaugural ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims at Pakistan-India border near Narowal city of Punjab province will be held on Saturday November 9. A ceremony will also be held separately at the same time on Indian side of border. The corridor will…
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South East Asia

Inexorably approaching the retirement milestone

By Nasir Yousoff Contributor to AsiaN Kuala Lumpur: After serving this great organisation for some 37 years, 451 months and 13,505 days, the remaining 140 plus days before going into retirement seem so short, so negligible. Minus some 70 days of accumulated leave that I have to finish before retiring,…
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