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Kathmandu [Nepal], Oct. 2 : Nepal said Sunday that it regrets the postponement of the 19th SAARC Summit that was to be held in Islamabad next month as the present environment is not conducive.”Nepal regrets that regional environment is not conducive to…

London [UK], Oct. 2 : British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday that the United Kingdom would begin the formal process of leaving the European Union by the end of March 2017.This means Brexit could happen in 2019, reports the Guardian. May said in…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct. 2 : Senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) members on Sunday announced that the party has disowned their leader Farooq Sattar.According to the Express Tribune, the MQM’s Mustafa Azizabadi, Qasim Ali Raza and Wasay Jalil issued…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 2 : At least seven persons were killed in a blast in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Sunday, local reports quoted officials, as saying.The explosion happened in the vicinity of Lashkargah, the provincial capital, re…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 2 : The governor of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan, Salim Kunduzi, on Sunday announced his resignation at a press conference in Jalalabad.Kunduzi said he resigned due to central government’s neglect in solving Nangarhar’s p…

Geneva [Switzerland], Oct. 2 : United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP), spokesperson Nasir Aziz Khan on Sunday said Pakistan only pretends to care about Kashmiris, but their real intention is just to exploit their rights for ulterior proposes.”T…

Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct. 2 : The Sri Lankan government is planning to hold the National Anti-corruption Summit 2016 in Colombo on December 9, which will see the participation of about 700 local and foreign representatives.The Cabinet has already appro…

Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct. 2 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday launched the distribution of machine-readable smart national identity (NID) cards among 10 crore citizens, which will replace the currently used laminated ones.At a programm…

Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct. 2 : Dhaka Police investigators have said that they are close to wrapping up their probe of the July 1, 2016 terror attack on the the Holey Artisan Bakery in the upscale suburb of Gulshan, where many embassies are located.It ma…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct.2 : Launching its version of a media publicity blitzkrieg aimed at challenging the Indian Army’s claim of having conducted surgical strikes on the Pakistan side of Kashmir, the Pakistan Army has said escalation of military cro…