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Manage ties with India, engage China on debt relief: Blinken tells Bilawal
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 27 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday and held talks on several key issues including the importance of managing ties with India and engagement with China on the issue of debt relief.
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US provided USD 56.5 million in aid to Pakistan for flood relief, humanita
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 27 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at the State Department on Monday and said that America had provided USD 56.5 million in aid to Pakistan for flood relief and humanitarian assistance this year
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Children succumb to water-borne diseases after floods wreak havoc in Pakis
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], September 27 (ANI): Amid the ongoing devastation caused by floods across Pakistan, children are dying from cholera, an acute diarrheal illness contracted by drinking water contaminated with bacteria.
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Pakistan authorities' negligence leaves locals of Gilgit Baltistan in mise
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [Pakistan], September 26 (ANI): Locals of the Hoper nullah area in Nagar district of Gilgit Baltistan have complained that despite the recent unprecedented flooding, not a single official visited the area to ascertain the magnitude of the disaster, leaving the people of the
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Protest held outside Pakistan HC in London against govt's ignorance of Sin
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 26 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) on Sunday protested by holding a hunger strike in front of the Pakistan High Commission in London to protest against the negligence of the Pakistan government amid unprecedented floods that led to the virtual drowning of Sindh
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Pakistan's finance minister Miftah Ismail quits in middle of trip abroad
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 26 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has stepped down in the middle of a trip abroad amid a serious economic crisis that the country faces following the devastating floods.
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Around 4,000 cases of infectious diseases reported in Pakistan in 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], September 25 (ANI): At least 3,963 new cases of diarrhoea, skin infections, and malaria were reported in the last 24 hours in the worst-hit province of Balochistan, as Pakistan faces the aftermath of devastating floods.
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Imran Khan's party terms PM Sharif's speech at UNGA 'copy paste' version o
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday termed prime minister Shehbaz Sharif's speech at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as a copy-paste version of Imran Khan's speech at the same platform.
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Pakistan seeks debt relief from Paris Club creditors
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said that his country is seeking debt relief from bilateral Paris Club creditors in view of the devastating floods in the country which have claimed more the 1,500 lives.
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Pakistan's Sindh province remains under eight-foot deep floodwaters
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): Several talukas of Dadu district of Pakistan's Sindh province are still under eight-foot deep water though floodwaters have receded by four feet over the last few days in the province.
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Congress has no moral right to talk about corruption: Karnataka CM Bommai
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 24 (ANI): Congress has scams at every step and it has no moral right to talk about corruption, said Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday.
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Pakistan PM says floods signify global climate impact, urges UN to act
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 24 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday highlighted the devastation caused by the floods in his country due to the impact of the climate catastrophe and urged the global leaders to act before it's too late.
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