Tag: #KualaLumpur
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Saudi Arabia denies pressurizing Pakistan to skip Kuala Lumpur Summit
ISLAMABAD, Dec 21 (APP): The Embassy of Saudi Arabia Saturday denied the reports that the Kingdom had exerted any pressure on Pakistan discouraging it to participate in the Kuala Lumpur Summit held in Malaysia recently. In a statement issued here Saturday, the Embassy said the news promoted by some parties about any pressures exerted on…
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Cancellation of Malaysian visit is “unacceptable”: PPP Leader
Islamabad (18th Dec, 2019): Pakistan Peoples Party leader, Nafisa Shah, concerned over the cancellation of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Malaysian tour. According to reports of Baaghi TV, Nafisa Shah the PPP Leader, has expressed concern over the cancellation of PM Khan’s visit to Malaysia for the Kuala Lumpur summit. She has reportedly stated that the…
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Britain to take back plastic waste from Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 25 (AFP/APP): Britain has agreed to take back 42 containers of plastic waste illegally exported to Malaysia, officials said Monday, as several Asian nations push back against becoming the world’s trash dump. Southeast Asia has been flooded with plastic from more developed nations such as the US and Australia since last year…
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Cambodian opposition figure barred from flight in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 13 (AFP/APP): Exiled Cambodian opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy was Wednesday blocked from getting on a flight from Malaysia to Indonesia, after strongman Hun Sen pressured countries in the region to bar him. Rainsy, who has lived in France since 2015 to avoid jail for convictions he says are politically motivated, and other…
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Malaysian court to deliver key ruling in Najib’s 1MDB trial
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 11 (AFP/APP): Malaysia’s toppled leader Najib Razak will learn Monday if his first trial over the 1MDB scandal will proceed, in a key test of efforts to bring him to justice over the multi-billion-dollar fraud. Vast sums were plundered from sovereign wealth fund 1MDB in a mammoth scam allegedly involving Najib and…
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Exiled Cambodian opposition figurehead arrives in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 9 (AFP/APP): Cambodia’s exiled opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy arrived in Malaysia Saturday as he sought to return home to rally his supporters against strongman Hun Sen, while security was beefed up at the kingdom’s borders and in Phnom Penh. Rainsy, who has lived in France since 2015 to avoid jail for convictions…