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Incessant rain calls off Pakistan v Sri Lanka first One Day International

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representative Islamabad: The opening One Day International (ODI) between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the National Stadium Karachi has been called off. The decision was taken due to the heavy rain that lashed the capital city of Sindh province on Friday. As a result, the stadium…
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South Asia

Pakistan earthquake death toll rises to 37, over 500 injured

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: The death toll from Tuesday’s earthquake in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) rose to 37, with more than 500 injured, according to the latest reports. The epicentre of the 5.8-magnitude quake was near the Kashmiri city of Mirpur, roughly 20 kilometres (12 miles)…
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South Asia

Dr Mahathir to stress multilateralism, joint action against common challenges in UN address

New York: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad will deliver Malaysia’s national statement at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday. He is expected to highlight current developments in the world and stress on the importance of multilateralism as well as the need for countries to…
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South Asia

Pakistan Army refutes Indian allegations of terror camps

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor said on Tuesday the statement by the Indian army chief regarding alleged terrorist camps in Balakot area of Pakistan were a pretext for a false flag operation. In a series of posts on Twitter,…
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South Asia

‌Earthquake jolts Kashmir, several Pakistan cities

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: A strong earthquake jolted the federal capital Islamabad, several cities and towns of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw provinces including Lahore, Peshawar and its suburban areas and parts of Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Tuesday evening. Mirpur and surrounding areas of Pakistan-administered Kashmir were more severely affected…
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South Asia

Pakistan’s documentary film on plight of folk artists, music to be screened in Italy, Germany

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Pakistan’s award-winning documentary film ‘Indus Blues’, which tells about the endangered world of traditional music of the country, is all set to be screened in Italy and Germany next month. “Indus Blues is all set for its German premiere next month. Coming to the…
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South East Asia

Haze testing Asean solidarity, capabilities in tackling complex transboundary problem

By Ivan Lim Former AJA president Singapore: Microscopic specks of dust from forest fires have blanketed the atmosphere over South-east Asia, blotting out the sun, and painting the blue skies a dirty shade of grey. The worsening acrid haze, emanating from fires in the Indonesian territories of Sumatra and Kalimantan…
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South Asia

26 killed as passenger bus crashes into mountain in Pakistan

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: At least 26 people, including over a dozen soldiers of Pakistan army, were killed when a passenger bus rammed into a mountain in Babusar Pass in Gilgit-Baltistan area on Sunday morning. According to the police, the passenger bus was travelling from Skardu to Rawalpindi…
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East Asia

Typhoon Tapah lashes South Korea with strong winds, heavy rains

Seoul: Typhoon Tapah lashed southern parts of South Korea on Sunday, with strong winds and heavy rains blamed for the death of at least one person and two injuries, as well as the cancellation of hundreds of flights. The powerful typhoon, packing wind gusts of 126 kph with an atmospheric…
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South Asia

Pakistan faces acute shortage of Anti-Rabies Vaccine

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Pakistan has been facing acute shortage of anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) by some 800,000 dosages amid a growing population of stray dogs and almost non-existence of facilities in the rural parts of Sindh and other provinces to face the challenge. By the end of June,…
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