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Pakistan: PML-N denies planning no-confidence vote against Khyber Pakhtunk
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A meeting held between Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Wednesday triggered speculations that the federal government was mulling a plan to oust Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin
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Pakistan misses FY 2024-25 growth target, eyes USD 4.9 billion in external
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Pakistani federal government has reportedly fallen short of its economic growth target for the fiscal year 2024-25, achieving a growth rate of just 2.68 per cent against a projected 3.6 per cent, as reported by ARY News on Tuesday, citing sources from Pakistan's National Accounts Committ
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Protests continue in Sindh against Pakistan government's canal project on
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Cholistan Canals issue has become a point of difference between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)- led Sindh government and the Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led federal government.
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Widespread protests erupt in Sindh over Indus Canal project
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Nationalist parties, attorneys, farmers, writers, and members of civil society are protesting and staging sit-ins throughout Sindh against the federal government's proposal to dig six new canals from the River Indus, claiming it is an attempt to seize the state's water resources, according t
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Pak: Nawaz urges PPP-govt talks on water dispute
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Nawaz Sharif has called on the federal government to hold talks with the PPP to resolve the escalating water dispute between Punjab and Sindh, urging all parties to avoid political point-scoring over the sensitive issue.
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Pakistan: JUI-F chief denounces Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's proposed mines and mi
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Rehman accused the federal government and "international powers" of trying to take control of Pakistan's natural resources. He warned that JUI-F would take to the streets if "sensible decisions" were not made.
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National Party Senator calls federal govt's attitude towards Balochistan's
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
In his remarks at a seminar on the Balochistan issue at the Lahore Press Club, Buledi said the province has been the recipient of apathy and an unjust attitude from the federal government since the very beginning, escalating the sense of deprivation among its people.
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Pakistan: PPP vows to not allow construction of new canals over Indus Rive
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The PPP, which is in power in Sindh, farmers and other stakeholders have opposed the Green Pakistan Initiative (GPI), worth USD 3.3 billion, launched by the federal government to construct six canals to irrigate 1.2 million acres of "barren land" in south Punjab.
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Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif calls for political solution to Balochistan crisis
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has pledged to play a political and democratic role in addressing Balochistan's unrest, following a detailed meeting with National Party President Abdul Malik Baloch. The leaders discussed the BNP-M sit-in, arrests of activists, and developmental concerns, with S
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Pakistan: Supreme Court delays hearing on PoGB's conditional plea for judi
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has deferred a hearing on the Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) government's conditional plea to withdraw a case regarding judicial appointments. The court has urged federal and GB authorities to resolve the matter and directed the federal government to
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Canada hits back with tariffs on USD 29.8 billion worth of US goods
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
In response to US President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium on Wednesday morning, Canada's federal government hits back with tariffs on USD 29.8 billion worth of American goods effective March 13 morning.
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Pakistani Lawyers and Journalists call for repealing the recently amended
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Lawyers and Journalists in Pakistan have called on their federal government to repeal the recently implemented draconian PECA amendments in light of the Sindh High Court's verdict to refer the amendments to a constitutional bench.
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