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Pakistan Jamaat-i-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq calls for 'system overhaul'
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Jamaat-i-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq has blamed former and present rulers for bringing Pakistan "to the brink of disaster" and called for overhauling the system. Addressing a press conference on Saturday alongside Jamat-i-Islami Balochistan chief Maulana Abdul Haq Hashmi, Haq said unless the sys
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Pakistan's judiciary in crisis: Lawyers' body files misconduct complaint a
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Friday moved a complaint before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) seeking necessary action against a judge of the apex court for his alleged involvement in recent audio leaks and corruption. The complaint against Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi was f
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Pakistan's ex-Chief Justice's WhatsApp hacked, complaint filed
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar said that a complaint has been filed with the Cyber Crimes Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for recovery of his 'hacked' WhatsApp account on Friday, Dawn reported. The complaint was filed 'online' with the Cyber Crime Wing
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US-Pak political contacts increase as polls draw closer
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The contacts between visitors from the United States and political parties in Pakistan have definitely picked up pace as the country inches closer to general elections, the Dawn reported, adding that last month, a US congressional delegation led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visite
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Islamabad Police reaches Lahore to arrest former Pak PM Imran Khan in Tosh
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Islamabad Police arrive at former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's residence at Zaman Park, Islamabad to arrest him in the Toshakhana case, reports Pakistani Media. PTI threatens nationwide mass protests as police attempt to arrest Imran from Zaman Park residence. Islamabad Police alo
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Dollar black market in Pakistan flourishes again
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The gap between the Pakistani rupee's value in the interbank and open markets is rising again, creating a black market where the dollar is being traded at a much higher price, the Dawn reported.
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Torkham border connecting Pakistan-Afghanistan remains shut for fifth day
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The closure of the Torkham border for the fifth consecutive day intensified the financial and physical woes of traders, transporters and pedestrians as confusion prevailed on Thursday as Afghan authorities reopened their side of the border but Pakistani authorities insisted that they would f
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Pak poll panel proposes to hold Punjab, KPK assembly polls in April: Repor
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has proposed to hold the elections for the Punjab assembly between April 9 and 13 and for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly between April 15 to 17, the Dawn reported, adding that in February, the ECP announced by-elections on March 19 for the 31 vacant
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Pakistan: Terrorists enter Karachi police chief's office
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A spokesperson for the Sindh Rangers said initial estimates suggest there are eight to ten "armed terrorists", the Dawn reported.
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Pak Human Rights Commission questions police's role in violence against mi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In the report, the HRCP fact-finding mission has raised concern over the alarming rise in the persecution of members of the Ahmadiyya community in Gujranwala and surrounding regions, particularly the desecration of their grave sites of worship, as per the Dawn report.
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Pakistan: Pumps run out of petrol, disrupts routine life of people
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Amid a severe economic crisis, most of the petrol pumps in the Punjab region of Pakistan ran out of petrol disrupting the routine life of people. In distant places where there have been no supplies for the pumps for more than a month, the situation is terrible, Dawn reported.
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Fuel shortage results in 'closure' of petrol pumps in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Amid severe fuel shortage due to the poor economy, several Petrol Pumps in major and small cities of Punjab have been closed, Dawn reported.
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