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Pakistan: Punjab CM Elahi signs summary for dissolving provincial assembly
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"I Parvez Elahi, chief minister of Punjab, hereby advise you to dissolve the provincial assembly," he said in a brief one-line advice addressed to Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman, Elahi, as quoted by Dawn newspaper.
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Pakistan: Over surge in prices of flour, Tandoor owners go on strike in Sw
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Due to an increase in the prices of flour, the nanbais (bakers) in the Swabi city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on Tuesday closed down their Tandoors and staged a strike, according to Dawn.
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Pakistan: Protesters block roads in South Waziristan after talks with admi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Protesters who had staged a sit-in blocked roads in South Waziristan on Tuesday after talks between their leaders and local administration failed to yield positive results, Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reported.
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Pakistan: Terrorists attack police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Is
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Terrorists carried out a gun and 'missile' attack on a police station in Dera Ismail Khan region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dawn reported, adding that no casualty has been reported in the attack that took place on Sunday.
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Pak: People hold demonstrations against inflation across Khyber Pakhtunkhw
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
People on Sunday protested over rising flour and other vital commodity prices in a number of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cities and demanded that the government take immediate action to regulate prices and guarantee the supply of daily-use food products in the province, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Residents threaten to stage protests over jobs in Balakot hydrop
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The locals in Balakot town of Pakistan have threatened the authorities to stage protests if not recruited in the region's hydropower project, Dawn reported on Monday.
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Pak reels as prices of essential food items head north: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Factors such as higher import and transportation costs, crop availability, demand and supply gap, hoarding, exchange rate issues, and the ongoing economic crisis have resulted in uncontrolled inflation in Pakistan, even on essential food items, the Dawn reported, adding that the condition wa
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IMF delegation to meet Pak Finance Minister to discuss outstanding issues
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation will meet Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on the sidelines of the upcoming Geneva conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan on January 9. The IMF delegation will discuss outstanding issues with Dar, an IMF spokesperson said on Sunday, Pakist
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Pakistan police arrest 5 TTP terrorists from Punjab province
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Punjab's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) spokesperson said that they belonged to various banned religious organisations, including the proscribed militant group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Dawn newspaper reported.
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Pakistan: Father, son killed in gun attack in North Waziristan's Datta Khe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A man, identified as Sharbat Khan, and his son Noshaid Khan, were killed after assailants shot at them in North Waziristan's Datta Khel tehsil on Friday, the Dawn reported, adding that Sharbat's other son, Torab Khan, suffered injuries in the attack.
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Media watchdog RSF calls on Malaysia to explain deportation of Pakistani j
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called upon the Malaysian authorities to provide an explanation for the deportation of a Pakistani journalist who had been living in Malaysia as a refugee for years after reportedly being abducted and tortured by an intelligence agency, acc
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Pakistan: Ghee, cooking oil to be in short supply, costlier ahead of Ramad
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Ghee and cooking oil in Pakistan are going to be short in supply as well as costlier ahead of the holy month of Ramadan if the government does not take corrective measures, reported The Dawn.
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