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Pakistan: Monsoon rains cause death and destruction in Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Heavy monsoon rains have caused death and destruction in Balochistan, with at least five people killed and hundreds displaced. The Pakistan Meteorological Department has issued warnings for further rain and landslides in several regions, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan: Karachi Police arrest second suspect in 12-year-old girl's rape
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Karachi Police on Monday apprehended a second suspect in connection with the brutal gang rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl. The victim's body was discovered on August 25, stuffed inside a bag and abandoned near a garbage dump in the Lucky Star area of the city, Dawn News reported.
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Intercontinental Cup a new dawn for Lallianzuala Chhangte
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
It's a new phase for the India senior men's national team, as head coach Manolo Marquez takes the helm in the Blue Tigers' camp. His first assignment, the Intercontinental Cup in Hyderabad, a city he is all too familiar with. For those in his team, it is a matter of proving themselves over
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"Pak govt must 'deal' with Balochistan issue," Abbas Nasir, former Dawn ed
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
On August 26, on the 18th anniversary of Baloch supporter Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti's killing, Baloch insurgents targeted about 24 civilian buses and killed about 50 people, who were from Pakistan's Punjab province
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'Military's response to terror incidents in Bannu leading to disconnect wi
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Growing cases of enforced disappearances, deteriorating situation in Bannu, , the Pakistani Taliban, police, and several socioeconomic factors have proved to give rise to a serious disconnect between local civil society and the military on how to deal with the terrorist threat, Tariq Parvez
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Malnutrition primary contributor to Pakistan's disease burden for years, s
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
As faltering economy remains a persistent cause of growing discontent among country's people, and poor growth, another important subject--malnutrition, too remains a primary factor in Pakistan's disease burden for many years, according to Dawn.
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Balochistan in deep crisis amid heavy downpour
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Even though Cyclone Asna has mostly left Sindh behind, Balochistan may still have thundershowers with heavy rainfall along its coastal districts until Sunday night, according to a senior official at the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Dawn reported.
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Haq Do Tehreek leader threatens sit-in over military interference, local I
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, the Member of Provincial Assembly from Gwadar and leader of the Haq Do Tehreek (HDT), a political movement advocating for local autonomy and rights in Pakistan's Gwadar region--has warned that he will initiate a sit-in on the coastal highway starting September 5 if
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Human rights activists call for Sindh Tenancy Act reform to protect peasan
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Human rights activists, academics and journalists at the launch of 9th report titled "The State of Peasants' Rights in Sindh for 2023" have called for amending and implementing the Sindh Tenancy Act to protect peasants' rights in the province, Dawn reported on Wednesday.
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Elon Musk-led SpaceX 'Polaris Dawn' featuring 1st commercial spacewalk mis
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The launch of 'Polaris Dawn' mission initially scheduled to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre on Tuesday was delayed for August 28 due to a helium leak. The mission is now delayed again due to predictions of bad weather off the coast of Florida where the crew capsule will splash down i
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Helium leak postpones Elon Musk-led SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission featurin
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
"Next launch opportunity is no earlier than Wednesday, August 28," SpaceX said. Polaris Dawn is the first of three planned missions in the Polaris Program, a human-spaceflight project funded and organized by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. it features a spacewalk that has till now o
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25 die in Pakistan's Kahuta after bus plunges into gorge
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Rescue 1122 Punjab official Usman Gujjar told Dawn that the accident happened as the coaster's brakes failed
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