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Pak: Opposition to boycott Punjab Assembly session
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed opposition in the Punjab Assembly has declared its intention to boycott the house proceedings and abstain from participating in its standing committees. Instead, they plan to conduct a parallel session in a tent outside the assembly building, Dawn reported
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Pak medic fired for illegal 'virginity test' on minor rape victim, Lahore
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Punjab Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department informed the Lahore High Court (LHC) that a female doctor was terminated for performing a two-finger test, also known as a virginity test, on a minor rape victim, Dawn reported.
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Imran Khan's party vows to hold record-breaking rally in Islamabad
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders have expressed their determination to proceed with a record-breaking public gathering in Tarnol, Islamabad, on July 6, despite the federal government's delay in issuing a no-objection certificate (NOC), Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: PML-N finds itself 'isolated' amid row over budget, faces flak f
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) faced an unprecedented backlash in the National Assembly on Friday, with even lawmakers from the treasury benches joining their opposition counterparts in lashing out at the government over the federal budget, Dawn reported.
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Islamabad Court declares PoJK poet as 'enforced disappearance or missing p
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Islamabad High Court's (IHC) Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani on Monday ordered that Kashmiri poet Ahmed Farhad be declared a case of "enforced disappearance or missing person" until he returns home safely, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
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Reporters Without Borders urges Pakistani authorities to address "alarming
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Pakistan's federal and provincial authorities to address "an alarming deterioration in press freedom" over recent months, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
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PoJK special court rejects plea of Ahmed Farhad's disappearance after his
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) rejected the plea for bail of forcefully abducted Ahmed Farhad Shah. The court while rejecting the plea commented that the legal points stated by his counsel did not apply to the case at hand, Dawn reported.
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Pak: 28 died, 22 injured as bus falls into ravine in Balochistan's Washuk
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Six passengers died on the spot, while some of the injured were in critical condition, with officials fearing the death toll could rise. The injured were taken to the Basima Civil Hospital, where 22 more people succumbed to their injuries, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Furious mob lynches alleged robber, another rescued by police fr
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
A furious mob killed a suspected robber, subjecting him to a severe beating in Karachi's Orangi Town, while police saved another from being torched on Friday night, Dawn reported.
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Pak: PTI’s Parvez Elahi gets bail in ‘illegal appointment’ case, released
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Incarcerated for 11 months, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Parvez Elahi was released from Kot Lakhpat jail on Tuesday night after the Lahore High Court (LHC) granted him bail and ordered his release in a case pertaining to an alleged illegal appointment made in the Punjab Assembly
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Pakistan: JI leader calls for protest rally in Lahore to express solidarit
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
While addressing a press conference, the JI chief warned the Punjab's provincial government to refrain from blocking the route of the Jamaat rally and asserted that otherwise the government would be responsible for any untoward incident at Mall Road in Lahore, according to Dawn report.
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IMF mission to meet Pakistan authorities next week to discuss "next phase
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is expected to meet Pakistan authorities next week to further discuss the "next phase of engagement", Dawn reported citing, an official from the global lender.
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