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Pakistani villages submerged as India releases river water

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Dozens of villages in Pakistan’s Punjab province were submerged and scores of people evacuated after India released up to 38,000 cusecs of water into River Sutlej without prior intimation earlier this week. “Over 50 villages were submerged and crops stretching over hundreds of…
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Pakistan shoots dead six Indian soldiers

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Corresppondent Islamabad: Pakistan shot dead six Indian soldiers in a “befitting response” to New Delhi’s ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday. In its statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the ceasefire violations…
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Animated Pakistani movie ‘Donkey King’ set for release in South Korea

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Writer and director Aziz Jindani’s animated film, The Donkey King, which hit cinemas across Pakistan in October last year and had a great run at the box office, is set to release in South Korea by the end of this month. The…
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Pakistan’s Army Chief gets three-year extension in his job

By Nasir Aijaz Asian Correspondent Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved an extension in the tenure of Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa for another three years, a statement issued by the premier’s office said on Monday. The announcement comes nearly three months before Gen. Bajwa was due…
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China’s 1320MW coal-fired power plant commissioned in Pakistan

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: The Pakistan government has confirmed successful commercial operations of a $2 billion 1,320MW coal-fired power plant set up by the China Power Hub Generation Company (CPHGC) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. “M/s CPHGC has successfully undergone through commissioning tests…
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State measures in Tajikistan bring down number of drug addicts

Dushanbe: The number of drug addicts has significantly decreased in recent years in Tajikistan. In June, the country had 5,666 registered drug addicts, including 128 women, down by 1,222 people (17.7%) from the 2018 figure, the Chairman of the Coordinating Council for the Prevention of Drug Abuse, Deputy Prime Minister…
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Kashmir Issue: Indian, Pakistani forces clash, nine soldiers killed

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: As the United Nations Security Council is expected to hold a session on Friday to discuss the Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India, their forces continued to skirmish at Line of Control (LoC), the international border between two parts of disputed region, which…
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Pakistan to host World Tourism Forum in 2020

By Nasir Aijaz Correspondent to AsiaN Islamabad: Pakistan will host the World Tourism Forum in 2020, a recent meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and a delegation of the World Tourism Forum has decided. The World Tourism Forum delegation was led by the president of its executive board –…
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At least 12 people die as more monsoon rains hit Pakistan

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: At least a dozen people were electrocuted while various districts were flooded and fell to prolonged power outages as fresh spell of heavy monsoon rains have lashed Southern Sindh province of Pakistan since Saturday morning. The uninterrupted torrential downpour which started on Saturday…
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Kashmir Issue: Pakistan suspends another Express Train Service with India

By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Pakistan has discontinued operating another train service ‘Thar Express’ to India following the suspension of ‘Samjhota Express’. ‘Samjhota’ (Reconciliation) Express used to operate between Lahore (Pakistan’s Punjab Province) and Indian Punjab’s Amritsar city while ‘Thar Express’, launched in 2006, operated once a…
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