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Karakalpakstan is a large autonomous republic located in western Uzbekistan. It is home to ethnic Karakalpaks, a Turkic people who speak a language closer to Kazakh than to Uzbek. Despite the geographic size of their republic, Karakalpaks number just 752,000, 2.2% of Uzbekistan's population. [10]
Karakalpakstan is now mostly desert and is located in western Uzbekistan near the Aral Sea, in the lowest part of the Amu Darya basin. [10] [9] [11] It has an area of 164,900 km 2 [12] and is surrounded by desert. The Kyzyl Kum Desert is located to the east and the Karakum Desert is located to the south.
Rare street protests began on 2–3 April 2019 when illegal houses were demolished, sparking anger. A wave of protests started on 26–30 July, protesting the treatment of poor people and the demolitions of mosques, homes and houses. Many say they've been treated like dogs. Hundreds demonstrated in the areas surrounding Tashkent. Mass protests ...
3 February - Alijan Ibragimov, 67, mining executive [3] 12 March - Stahan Rakhimov, 83, singer [4] 21 March - Xudoyberdi To'xtaboyev, 88, children's author 31 March - Tamara Chikunova, 72, human rights activist [5]
[2] 2 July – 2022 Karakalpak protests: The government of Uzbekistan drops plans to strip Karakalpakstan of its autonomy amid widespread protests in the region. Internet access is restricted as regional protests continue for a second day, with the government accusing a "criminal gang" of trying to seize government buildings in Karakalpakstan. [3]
In the 1990s, the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Uzbekistan launched TV channels UzTV-1, UzTV-2, UzTV-3, [26] [27] and UzTV-4 [28] [29] (the broadcast partly consisted of broadcasts of Russian channels ORT and RTR), as well as the 2nd, 3rd and 4th programs of Uzbek radio, “Uzbek radio” itself began to be called the 1st ...
Defending champion Saudi Arabia lost to Uzbekistan 2-0 in the Under-23 Asian Cup quarterfinals and also saw its chance of a second successive appearance at the Olympics end on Friday. Only the top ...
A bilingual news channel in English and Urdu, it is a part of the ARY Digital Network, which is a subsidiary of ARY Group. ARY is an acronym of Abdul Razzak Yaqoob and Salman Iqbal, who was the owner of ARY Group. ARY News is biggest and most watched news channel in Pakistan and all around the world. ARY head office located in Karachi, Pakistan.