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UK Home Secretary Priti Patel (left) and Pakistan’s Interior Secretary Yousaf Naseem Khokhar signing a reciprocal agreement in London, United Kingdom, on August 17, 2022. — Twitter/pritipatel LONDON: The British government has signed a new agreement under which foreign criminals and immigration offenders will be returned from the United Kingdom to Pakistan. Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the development on Wednesday after signing the new deal with Pakistan’s Interior Secretary Yousaf Naseem Khokhar and the Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK, Moazzam Ahmad Khan.   A Pakistan High Commission spokesman told Geo News that it is a reciprocal agreement and applies equally to both countries. This is the fifth returns agreement the UK Home Office has signed in 15 months under its “New Plan for Immigration”. The UK has signed similar agreements with India, Nigeria, and Albania. The implementation of the new policy will not focus on those Pakistani who are dual nationals

Ecuador government drops fuel prices following protest deal Thousands of Indigenous protesters left Quito after leaders signed an agreement with the government to end 18 days of cost-of-living demonstrations. Fast-rising fuel prices were the catalyst for the protests called by the powerful Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie). Five civilians and a soldier died in the protests that started on June 13, and hundreds were injured on both sides. The government in Ecuador reduced fuel prices on Friday as