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16 killed as bus gets crushed in landslide in PoK
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], October 18 (ANI): Sixteen people were killed on Sunday after a bus they were travelling in was crushed in a landslide on Skardu Road in Gilgit-Baltistan, Dawn reported citing Rondu Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Mohammad Hassan.
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Pakistan religious scholar shot dead in Karachi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 11 (ANI): Maulana Dr Adil Khan, a religious scholar and head of Pakistan's's Jamia Farooqia seminary, was shot dead along with his driver in a suspected targeted attack in Karachi on Saturday, Dawn reported.
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Imran Khan allows Chinese firms to establish offices in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 25 (ANI): In a big blow to local and small businesses, Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to allow Chinese companies to set up their regional offices in cash-strapped Pakistan, The Dawn reported.
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Pak FM, Chinese counterpart discuss COVID-19 pandemic, bilateral relations
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [China], Aug 22 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to exchange views on the coronavirus pandemic, bilateral relations and international and regional issues of mutual interest, Dawn reported.
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India, Pakistan should decide on option to resolve dispute on two hydroele
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 8 (ANI): World Bank has expressed its inability to take an independent decision on the appointment of a neutral expert or court of arbitration for settlement of a long outstanding water dispute between Pakistan and India over two hydroelectric projects, Dawn repo
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Pakistan national carrier grounds 150 pilots for 'dubious licences'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to ground 150 pilots as a large number of them possessed "dubious licenses", Dawn reported.
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Pakistan resumes international flight services as COVID-19 tally jumps to
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): Islamabad has allowed the resumption of international flights only for outbound passengers from Saturday from all airports across the country, except Gwadar and Turbat, Dawn reported.
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Civil servant among 3 shot dead in Pakistan, police suspect terror attack
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mir Ali [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Three people, including a senior civil servant, were shot dead in an act of targetted killing in Mir Ali town of North Waziristan, Dawn reported citing police.
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National Assembly Speaker of Pakistan along with his son, daughter test po
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser is the latest politician and third PTI leader on Thursday to test positive for the virus that has infected 16,353 people across Pakistan, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan's coronavirus tally reaches 6297, toll at 117
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): The number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan topped 6000 while the death toll due to the virus has reached 117, Dawn reported citing official data on Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabia reluctant to accept Pak request for OIC ministers meeting on
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 06 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has shown reluctance to accept Pakistan's request for an immediate meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers on Kashmir, Dawn reported citing a Pak diplomatic source.
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Musharraf moves Pak SC against special court verdict in high treason case
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 16 (ANI): Pakistan's former military dictator Pervez Musharraf on Thursday moved Supreme Court against a special court verdict -- which had handed death sentence to him in a high treason case last year, Dawn reported.
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