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230 arrested in Lahore in crackdown on government employees' sit-in
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Lahore police on Thursday launched a crackdown and arrested more than 230 protesters of the All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA) Punjab, many of them teachers, who were holding a sit-in outside the Civil Secretariat against the proposed privatisation of public schools, amendme
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Pakistan: Teachers protest against amendments to pension, leave encashment
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The teaching staff in Pakistan's Attock district are continuing to strike against amendments to pension and leave encashment rules. As a result, students are being greeted with locked doors, Dawn reported.
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Teachers, clerks in Pakistan's Rawalpindi go on strike against changes to
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Teachers and Clerks have called on a strike in Rawalpindi in government offices as long as their demands are not granted over changes to the pension and leave encashment laws, Dawn reported.
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Farmers to hold rallies for foreign debt write-off in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Farmers in Pakistan will hold protests in a number of towns in the South Asian nation, urging international lenders to cancel loans to Pakistan and other developing nations and compensate Pakistan for economic losses brought on by climate change, according to Dawn.
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Islamabad police ask illegal immigrants to shift to special camp within 48
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Islamabad police have asked all illegal immigrants in Pakistan to shift to a camp set up for them at I-12 on a voluntary basis within 48 hours, Dawn reported.
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Shehbaz Sharif confirms PML-N leader Nawaz's return to Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Following the medical report sent to the Lahore High Court, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Nawaz Sharif's younger brother Shehbaz Sharif confirmed the PML-N leader would return to Pakistan as planned on October 21, reported Dawn.
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90 pc polio cases in Pakistan 'imported' from Afghanistan: Interim Health
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan Interim Health Minister Nadeem Jan has said that 90 per cent of polio cases in Pakistan have been "imported from Afghanistan", Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Court initiates proceedings to declare former minister Elahi as
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
An accountability court of Pakistan on Thursday initiated proceedings to declare former federal minister Moonis Elahi as a 'proclaimed offender' (PO) in a case related to alleged corruption in development projects, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan faces historic dilemma as fate of Afghan migrants lies in limbo
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The federal and provincial authorities of Pakistan authorities are scrambling to put together a plan to deport more than a million undocumented Afghans and other foreigners, Dawn reported on Thursday.
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Pakistan: 2 dead, 1 injured in firing by Afghan sentry on pedestrians at C
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As many as two people including a 12-year-old child were killed on Wednesday when an Afghan sentry opened "unprovoked and indiscriminate" firing on pedestrians at the Chaman border in Balochistan, the military's media affairs wing said, Dawn reported.
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Missing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader resurfaces, claims May 9 attacks a
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Usman Dar, who had allegedly gone missing according to his party, resurfaced on Wednesday and claimed that the May 9 attacks were aimed at "removing the army chief", Dawn reported.
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Cakeology's Sixth Edition Returns to Mumbai with an Exquisite Showcase of
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 3: Cakeology is coming to Mumbai from October 6th to 8th, the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Goregaon will be transformed into a confectionery wonderland that will leave cake enthusiasts in awe.
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