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South Asia
Pakistan film-maker selected to join Busan International Film Festival
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: This is an exciting year for Pakistani cinema. After attending the Locarno Filmmakers Academy in August, Writer-Director Hamza Bangash has been selected to join the Asian Film Academy as part of the Busan International Film Festival in October 2019. The Asian Film Academy (AFA)…
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Pakistan parliamentary delegation cancels UAE visit
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN correspondent Islamabad: Mr. Sadiq Sanjrani, Chairman Senate, the upper house of Pakistan’s parliament, cancelled an official visit by his parliamentary delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured during his recent tour to the Gulf nation amid the crisis…
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Pakistan probes its citizens holding properties in UAE
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Pakistan’s top tax regulator has sought details from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities of thousands of Pakistani nationals who have acquired “Iqama” (residential/work permit). In a letter to the UAE Ministry of Finance, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said it was…
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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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