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Pakistan: Gas shortage triggers protests in Quetta amid severe cold
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Gas shortages during a harsh cold spell triggered protests in Quetta, Dawn reported. Residents blocked roads and burned tyres over low pressure and supply suspensions. Many areas faced outages beyond loadshedding hours, forcing people to use cylinders. Temperatures remained below zero in Que
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Amnesty calls Pakistan's Afghan deportation plan 'Unlawful'
Updated : 2 months ago IST
In an open letter addressed to PM Shehbaz Sharif, Agnes Callamard, the secretary general of the global human rights organisation, acknowledged that Pakistan has generously hosted refugees for more than 40 years, but noted that the policy shifted significantly following the announcement of th
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Pakistan: Record burn cases expose alarming state failure in public safety
Updated : 2 months ago IST
According to Dawn, sharing the centre's performance statistics for the past year, BPSC director Prof Tahmeedullah stated that the institution experienced an unprecedented inflow of patients, necessitating a shift toward a province-wide strategy focused on prevention and early awareness.
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Seven-year-old boy killed after being hit by water tanker in Karachi's Man
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
A seven-year-old boy was killed on Monday after being hit by a water tanker in Karachi's Manghopir area, police and rescue officials said, marking yet another fatal incident involving a heavy vehicle, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Man allegedly opens fire inside house; kills wife, two women, on
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A man allegedly opened fire inside a house, killing three women, including his wife, and a 14-year-old boy in the Township area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district. Another minor was left injured, according to a first information report (FIR), Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Residents of South Waziristan launch long march over worsening s
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Residents of Azam Warsak, a remote area of Birmal tehsil in Lower South Waziristan district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Friday launched a long march to protest what they described as a deteriorating law and order situation, Dawn reported.
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Nine-day transporters' strike chokes Karachi port, industries face shutdow
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
In a letter addressed to the chief minister of Sindh, Abdul Aleem, Secretary General of the Overseas Investors Chambers of Commerce Industry (OICCI), expressed that the situation is extremely troubling for the country's industry and commerce. He mentioned that he had brought this issue to th
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Urban, rural areas of Islamabad and Karachi grapple with garbage crisis
Updated : 3 months ago IST
In Islamabad, Dawn reported, rural areas have been particularly neglected. With no formal system in place, residents dispose of garbage in nullahs and open grounds. "Secondary collection by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is irregular, and rural waste management contracts that expire
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Tehreek-e-Insaf seeks end to Imran Khan's 'solitary confinement' after UN
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has voiced serious concern over a report by United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, alleging that party founder and former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is being subjected to degrading and inhuman treatment during his incarcerati
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Pakistan's former spy chief sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Pakistan's former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief, Lt Gen Faiz Hameed (retired), has been sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment by a military court, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Thursday, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Sindh Assembly clashes over transport woes, vows bus expansion
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Opposition lawmakers in the Sindh Assembly criticised worsening transport, garbage management and water shortages in Karachi and Hyderabad. The provincial government promised expanded bus services, stricter traffic laws and a new taxi scheme. Multiple call attention notices raised concerns o
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Pakistan: Security forces kill 3 TTP militants after attacker blows himsel
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to a statement issued by Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan South spokesperson, the action of the security forces in Pakistan comes after one of the "suicide attackers" blew himself up at the main gate of the FC headquarters in Balochistan's Nokkundi, Dawn reported.
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