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Several officers announce protests outside Pakistan Secretariat from Feb 6
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In protest of what they claimed was discrimination in the awarding of the executive allowance, officers from various groups at the Pakistan Secretariat declared on Tuesday that they will observe a pen-down strike beginning on February 6, Dawn reported on Wednesday.
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Death toll rises to 28 in Peshawar mosque blast, 150 wounded
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The death toll has risen to 28 in the suicide blast that took place in a mosque in the Police Lines area of Peshawar in Pakistan on Monday, according to Dawn.
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Pashtun activists stage protests across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against Rao Anw
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Deeply angered over the acquittal of former Senior Superintendent Rao Anwar in the Naqeebullah Mehsud's murder case, the members of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) staged protests across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dawn reported on Thursday.
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Pak govt increases development funds for lawmakers by 30 pc amid economic
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Despite facing severe foreign exchange shortage and being under economic crisis, the government of Pakistan has ordered a massive hike of 30 per cent in development funds to PKR 90 billion for Parliamentarians, according to Dawn.
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Gilgit-Baltistan faces financial crisis, seeks funds from Pakistan's Govt
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a press release, the governor requested the federal minister to release funds for PSDP projects and annual grants of the GB government. Sources told Dawn that the federal government had not released the annual financial development grant of the GB as the region depends on the fi
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Researchers explain how were galaxies much different in the early universe
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The most sensitive telescope now searching for radio signals from cosmic dawn, an era around 200 million years after the Big Bang when stars ignited, has doubled its sensitivity, a new paper reports. While not yet detecting this radiation, the redshifted 21-centimeter line they have put new
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Pak policeman killed in terror attack in Dera Ismail Khan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Head constable Gul Baran died in the attack. The assailants shot Baran while he was on his way back home, police spokesman Syed Yaqoob Bukhari was quoted in the Dawn report as saying.
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Ahead of polls, Pak govt scared of losing popularity due to IMF deal
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan is currently under the grip of a massive economic crisis, as a result of which the deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) becomes very important for the South Asian nation, according to Dawn.
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Pak: Pashtun activists arrested for demanding release of Ali Wazir
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi Police on Sunday booked several leaders and workers of the Pashtun Tahfuzz Movement (PTM) in an abetting mutiny case after they held a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club demanding the release of MNA Ali Wazir, the Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Locals in Peshawar protest long power cuts, poor roads
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Locals at Chitral in Peshawar protested against power outages and dilapidated conditions of roads in their district on Sunday, the Dawn reported, adding that the protesters claimed that the government had not paid attention to their demands.
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Pakistan Election Commission to meet today to choose Punjab's caretaker CM
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will on Sunday evening hold a meeting to choose Punjab's caretaker chief minister, the Dawn reported, adding that the meeting was necessitated as the bi-partisan parliamentary committee established by the Speaker of the Punjab Assembly speaker failed
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Pak agents warn shipping lines might halt operations: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Ship agents have warned the Pakistani government that all export cargoes could stop as foreign shipping lines are considering halting their services for Pakistan after banks stopped remitting freight charges to them for lack of dollar availability, the Dawn reported.
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