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HRCP raises alarm over shrinking space for independent journalism in Pakis
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's Human Rights Commission and journalists' bodies have raised concern over a 13-month ban on government advertisements to the Dawn Media Group, calling it economic coercion, an attack on press freedom, and urging the government to restore free, independent and responsible journalism
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Pakistan: Economic activity at risk as cargo strike disrupts essential sup
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Business leaders in Pakistan's Karachi have warned that economic activity in the port city and across the province may come to a standstill as a cargo transporters' strike enters its ninth day. According to Dawn, the ongoing strike has severely disrupted the movement of goods and threatens t
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J-K: Counter-Intelligence Kashmir conducts searches across Kashmir in terr
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police carried out pre-dawn searches at multiple locations across the Kashmir Division on Tuesday in connection with a terror-related case.
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Urban, rural areas of Islamabad and Karachi grapple with garbage crisis
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
In Islamabad, Dawn reported, rural areas have been particularly neglected. With no formal system in place, residents dispose of garbage in nullahs and open grounds. "Secondary collection by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is irregular, and rural waste management contracts that expire
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Tehreek-e-Insaf seeks end to Imran Khan's 'solitary confinement' after UN
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has voiced serious concern over a report by United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, alleging that party founder and former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is being subjected to degrading and inhuman treatment during his incarcerati
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Pakistan's population boom persists as state neglects education, family pl
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Pakistan's long-delayed fertility transition has stagnated, showing little to no progress since 2006, according to a new study launched by the Population Council with the support of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The report, titled "Unlocking the Stall in Fertility
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Pakistan's rights crisis deepens as HRCP slams state repression and elite
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the government to withdraw the controversial 26th and 27th constitutional amendments, end "enforced disappearances," and release all political prisoners across the country, as reported by Dawn.
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Pakistan's former spy chief sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Pakistan's former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief, Lt Gen Faiz Hameed (retired), has been sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment by a military court, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Thursday, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Karachi's air quality worsens sharply, respiratory diseases rise
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Health experts stated that the government's failure to enforce environmental standards and control emissions has pushed the city's air pollution to alarming levels, endangering millions of residents, as reported by Dawn.
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Pakistan drowning in mismanagement: ADB warns of worsening water insecurit
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Pakistan continues to face an alarming water crisis, with over 80 per cent of its population still deprived of access to clean drinking water, despite minor improvements in the last decade, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cautioned in its latest Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) r
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Sesa Football Academy Women's team qualifies for 9th Indian Women's League
Updated : 3 months ago IST
A new dawn shines on Goan football as Sesa Football Academy's (SFA) Senior Women's Team makes history by earning its first-ever qualification to the Indian Women's League (IWL), reinstating Goa's presence on the national stage after a three-year hiatus.
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FAO flags low soil fertility and severe nutrient deficiency across Pakista
Updated : 3 months ago IST
During the observance of 'World Soil Day,' on Friday, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations released a new assessment indicating that Pakistan's soils are generally characterised by low fertility and significant nutrient deficiencies, as reported by Dawn.
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