Author: Siddharth.bhatt

Siddharth is currently pursuing M.A. in Defence and Strategic Studies and interested in World Affairs and Geopolitics.

87 People Arrested Before Planned Protest in South Africa - Asiana Times

According to South African Security Forces, in last 12 hours, 87 people arrested over public violence on Monday. This action took place before planned protests by the EFF (Marxist Economic Freedom Fighters) party National shutdown has been called by EFF party over power blackouts. They demand the resignation of current South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa. As per National intelligence body NatJOINTS in a statement, 41 were Gauteng, 29 were in North West province and 15 were in Free State. Arrests has been done in other provinces also such as the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga, NatJOINTS added. On Sunday, in a…

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Former Prime Minister of Pakistan and chief of Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) Imran Khan had finally appeared before the court on Saturday for the Toshakhana case hearing. Local news channel Geo TV reported that warrant for Khan’s arrest has been cancelled by the trial court in Islamabad as they noted Khan’s presence. According to local media, Khan was allowed to mark his presence from his vehicle by the judge as he was unable to enter the court room physically due to chaos around the judicial compound. According to news outlets, Fawad Chaudhry, Former Minister of Information and Broadcasting of Pakistan and close aide…

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