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Urumqi

China’s airline to launch regular flight from Urumqi to Lahore in June

Web Desk Mar 20, 2018

BEIJING: China Southern will launch regular flights between Urumqi, the capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and the Pakistani city of Lahore in June this year. China Southern Airlines will launch 11 new…

Chinese initiative: Four-nation counter-terrorism mechanism announced

Web Desk Aug 4, 2016

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and three other countries of the region have formally announced a four-nation alliance to fight terrorism. Pakistan, China, Afghanistan and Tajikistan have formally unveiled a counterterrorism mechanism on Wednesday.

China's Urumqi bans Islamic veil, sparking rights concerns

Zohaib Kazmi Dec 11, 2014

BEIJING: The capital of China's far western Xinjiang has banned the wearing of Islamic veils in public, the regional government said on Thursday, in a move experts worry could spark more unrest in the troubled region.

China executes eight for “terrorist” attacks in Xinjiang

Raza Haidery Aug 24, 2014

BEIJING: China has executed eight people for "terrorist" attacks in its restive far western region of Xinjiang, including three who "masterminded" a dramatic car crash in the capital's Tiananmen Square in 2013, state media said.

China sentences 113 on terror crimes in Xinjiang

Raza Haidery Jun 30, 2014

Courts in China's western Xinjiang region have sentenced 113 people to jail terms ranging from 10 years to life for terrorist activities and other crimes, the Xinjiang government said, the latest in a slew of prosecutions targeting militant…