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Higher education in Pakistan, PoK affected due to massive funding cut
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], May 28 (ANI): Over 141 public sector universities in Pakistan are bearing the brunt of the drastic cut in recurring grants for the higher education budget this year.
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Pak government agrees on implementing IMF demands
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 20 (ANI): Reeling under an adverse economic crisis, the Pakistan incumbent government has finally agreed on implementing most of the demands laid out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in order to receive the next IMF loan tranche.
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Pakistan engages in talks with IMF over economic crunch
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): Battling an acute economic crunch, the Pakistan government has begun engaging in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the Qatari capital Doha on Wednesday over the release of crucial funds. The talks are expected to continue even in the next
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Pakistan: PTI government local representatives protest against unannounced
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Haripur (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Suffering from an extreme power crunch, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) local government representatives staged a demonstration outside the Haripur deputy commissioners' office in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa district of Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Former Punjab governor seeks treason trial of Shehbaz Sharif
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in Pakistan's Punjab province, PTI leader and former Punjab governor Omer Sarfraz Cheema has announced that he is approaching the court for a high treason case against Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
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Advisories issued to citizens, education institutions amid 'severe' heatwa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan's health authorities have issued advisories for people and educational institutions as the mercury shooting as high -- in some regions, it crossed 50 degrees Celsius.
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Heatwave scorches Pakistan, mercury shoots to 51 degrees Celsius in Jacoba
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Heatwave across Pakistan is creating a major health crisis with mercury shooting as high as 51 degrees Celsius in Jacobabad, Sindh on Saturday.
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Climate change adds fuel to an imminent wheat crisis in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): As Pakistan grapples with an acute economic crisis, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has released climate summaries that indicate that climate change in the country is leading to an acute wheat shortage accompanied by food and water scarcity.
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Flour shortage likely to hit Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Flour from Punjab has not been coming to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other areas, and dealers could run out of stocks in several regions, local media reported.
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'Fee and fair elections' only solution to political crisis in Pakistan: Pu
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Newly-elected Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz on Saturday said "free and fair elections" was the only solution to the political crisis in the country, as he expressed confidence that the PML-N was prepared to face PTI chairman Imran Khan in the politica
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Sindh facing acute water crisis, asks Pak govt's help
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Noting the acute water shortage in Pakistan, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon has made an appeal to the federal government on Thursday to address the water crisis in Sindh and provide water to the province.
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Pak minister Marriyum Aurangzeb claims new PM Shehbaz Sharif improved coun
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday claimed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has improved the country's economy in two weeks thus providing relief to the masses who had been hit hard by the inflation for the last
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