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Pakistan nearing disintegration, says exiled Sindhudesh leader Zafar Sahito
The JSFM leader is regularly bringing up issues related to the cruelty faced by the Sindhi community in Pakistan in various international forums. Sahito remains in regular contact with US Congressmen and the political leadership of Europe and the UK to garner support for the cause and the atrocities carried out by the Pakistan military against the people of Sindhudesh.
Improving India-Maldives ties upsets islands' pro-Chinese oppn
Maldives was in a dire economic situation with the Chinese debt estimated to be between $1.5 billion to $3 billion. India came in to rescue Male from distress, immediately providing an economic assistance package of $1.4 billion in the form of budgetary support, currency swap agreements, and concessional lines of credit.
Ukraine imposes full trade embargo against Russia
"A trade embargo has been imposed against the Russian Federation. The import of goods from the Russian Federation into the customs territory of Ukraine is prohibited," Ukrayinska Pravda quoted Taras Melnychuk, representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in Parliament, as saying on Saturday. On February 23, just a day before the invasion, Ukraine had extended a ban on trade on a number of goods with Russia for a year.
Iran blacklists 24 US individuals for 'illicit' activities
The ministry said in a statement that these persons "support acts of terror and spread terrorism as well as flagrant violations of human rights", adding they were blacklisted in accordance with Iran's human rights and counter-terrorism laws, Xinhua news agency reported. They also played a role in supporting, organising, imposing, and intensifying US unilateral coercive measures against the Iranian people and government, sponsoring and backing terrorist groups.
Imran Khan loses no-confidence vote, ousted as Pakistan PM
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, member of the National Assembly, announced that 174 members voted against the Prime Minister in the 342-member house, Xinhua news agency reported. Sadiq chaired the session to conduct the vote for the no-confidence motion after Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser resigned from his post.
Ax-1 private astronaut mission docks at ISS
Crew Dragon Endeavour docked to the orbital complex while the spacecraft were flying about 418 kms above the central Atlantic Ocean, NASA said in a statement. Dragon Endeavour's docking was delayed approximately 45 minutes as the space station teams, including mission controllers at NASA and SpaceX, worked to troubleshoot an issue preventing the crew members on station from receiving views from Dragon's centre line camera of the Harmony's modules docking port.
Pakistan Army conducts successful test of ballistic missile Shaheen-III
The military's media wing said that the test flight was "aimed at revalidating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system", the Express Tribune reported. Last year, the Pakistan Army conducted a successful test launch of an "enhanced-range" version of the indigenously-developed Babur Cruise Missile 1B, a statement by the ISPR said.
Macron faces stiff challenge in French presidential election
The threat to Macron has arisen from Marine Le Pen of the National Front narrowing the gap between them in opinion polls. The former has thus been frantically endeavouring to resurrect the republican front. The process will inevitably go to a second round of voting on April 24 to decide the winner. In his only electoral rally in the campaign on April 2, Macron appealed to "all those, from social democracy to Gaullism, including the ecologists, who have not yet joined us, to do so", the Le Monde newspaper reported.
Share 30-year relationship with Imran Khan, cannot allow voting to take place: Pak Assembly Speaker
The Speaker, according to sources, said that since he shares a 30-year relationship with the Prime Minister, he cannot allow the voting to take place, Geo News reported. Despite the PTI government's hectic efforts to avoid voting on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the historic session of the National Assembly to decide his fate began on Saturday.
UK PM Johnson meeting Ukraine's president in Kiev
The Ukrainian Embassy in London has tweeted a photograph of the two men holding talks. Downing Street has now confirmed Johnson's meeting with Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, the BBC reported. A Number 10 spokesman said: "The prime minister has travelled to Ukraine to meet President Zelensky in person, in a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
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