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Former Pakistan PM Khan faces popularity test in provincial by-election
Former Pakistan PM Khan faces popularity test in provincial by-election
by  AFP

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan faces a popularity test this weekend in a by-election for 20 assembly seats in the country's most populous province. The machinations led to a change of government in the province, which is now headed by Hamza Sharif, son of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

China's Xi makes first Xinjiang visit since crackdown
China's Xi makes first Xinjiang visit since crackdown
by  AFP

Chinese President Xi Jinping made a public visit to Xinjiang, state media reported Friday, his first since a crackdown in the region saw Beijing accused of detaining over a million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in camps. The group had made "great progress" in reform and development, Xinhua reported Xi as saying during a Wednesday trip to the city of Shihezi in the region's north.

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