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Thousands protest in northwest Pakistan's Wana city against rising 'terror
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Political workers, social activists and traders attended the peace march organised in South Waziristan's Wana today, the Dawn newspaper reported. The Pakistani newspaper said demonstrators chanted slogans against the "fresh wave of terrorism" in the region, particularly in the tribal distric
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Saudi government agents infiltrated Wikipedia, sentenced two administrator
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"The Saudi government's infiltration of Wikipedia with government agents acting as independent editors, and imprisonment of non-compliant editors, demonstrates not only its persistent use of spies inside international organizations but the dangers of attempting to produce independent content
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Pakistan: Imran Khan accuses ex-army chief Bajwa of plotting his 'murder'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan's former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan alleged that former army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa had planned to have him murdered and impose a state of emergency in the country, reported Dawn citing Bol News.
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Pak: PML-N, PPP receive threats by Tehreek-e-Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid repeated clashes between the banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) and Pakistani security forces, the Pakistani political parties like Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) received threats from the proscribed outfit for waging war against them, the Dawn
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Pakistan: Karachi hospital confirms 6 cases of Omicron sub-variant XBB
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The XBB is a highly contagious subvariant of COVID-19's Omicron strain, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The XBB variant had a higher reinfection risk, as compared to other circulating Omicron sublineages, the Dawn report said.
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Assassination attempt at Imran Khan was carried out from 3 sites, 3 bullet
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan's Joint Investigation Team (JIT), investigating the assassination attempt at former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, found that the firing was carried out from three different shooting sites, Dawn reported.
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Pak SC permits Election Commission to continue contempt proceedings agains
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The three-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Ayesha A Mali issued the orders. According to Dawn, the seven-page document issued today said that the proceedings initiated by the ECP under Section 10 of the Ele
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Cracks appear in Balochistan coalition govt over panel for finding missing
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Differences in the Balochistan coalition government came to the fore over the formation of a parliamentary commission for recovery of missing persons on Sunday, as the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-Mengal) and Mir Asad Baloch, parliamentary leader of BNP-Awami, opposed the provincia
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Coal mine contractors hold protests in Pakistan's Quetta
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
All forms of traffic between Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan's Punjab and Quetta were suspended on Sunday as hundreds of coal mine contractors blocked the Quetta-Loralai route in the Duki area by setting fire to tyres and erecting barricades, Dawn reported on Monday.
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Pakistan: Police constable killed in terror attack on Lakki Marwat checkpo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A police checkpoint in Shahbazkhel town of the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was attacked by terrorists, resulting in the death of a police constable and a terrorist, the Dawn reported on Monday.
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Toll of injured rises to 37 in Karachi's aerial firing incident, 2 infants
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The toll of injured has increased to 37 in the Karachi celebratory gunfire incident. The injured now includes two infants and four women, Dawn reported on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Terrorist, constable killed in attack on police checkpost in Khy
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A police constable and a terrorist were killed in Pakistan on Sunday after a gunman attacked a police checkpost in the Shahbaz Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Lakki Marwat District, a local police official said, according to a report in The Dawn.
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