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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif calls for peace with India at UN General Assemb
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed the country's wish to attain peace with India however did not fall short of raking up the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly.
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Pakistan Frontier Corps breaks into house, assaults Baloch women
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): The atrocities of the Pakistan military and Frontier Corps on the locals of Balochistan is posing a grave concern. The FC recently attacked a house in the province and assaulted a number of women present inside.
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Emergency loans from financial bodies not to solve Pakistan's woes, need t
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): Pakistan needs an overhaul of economic policy as the country is facing its worst ever floods in history accompanied by a huge resource gap despite getting emergency loans from global financial bodies for the reconstruction.
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Pakistan faces spread of Malaria, other diseases in flood-hit areas
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): As Pakistan continues to bear the brunt of ongoing floods, infectious diseases like Malaria, typhoid and dengue fever are fast spreading across regions as the death toll reached 324, authorities said on Wednesday, the Express Tribune reported.
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Bilawal Zardari rakes up Kashmir issue in New York even as floods wreak ha
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): Despite devastating floods in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday again raised the Kashmir issue in New York rather than seeking funds for his own country.
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Balochistan residents accuse Pakistan authorities of corruption in distrib
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): Balochistan residents have accused the Pakistan authorities of corruption in the distribution of flood relief materials, local media reported.
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Pakistan economy to slow to 3.5% in FY23: ADB report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): Pakistan's economy is forecast to slow to 3.5 per cent in the financial year 2022-23 due to reasons like devastating floods and policy tightening, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said in its latest report.
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Flood-hit Pakistanis unhappy with government response
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): A majority of Pakistanis are unhappy with the government's response to the unprecedented natural disaster that has ravaged millions of lives in the cash-strapped country, according to a survey.
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Pakistan's rejection of Bangladeshi flood aid sparks row
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 21 (ANI): Pakistan's rejection of Bangladeshi aid amid devastating floods and heavy monsoons, has set off a heated debate in the cash-strapped country.
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Mosquito nets from India? As Malaria outbreak follows severe floods, Pakis
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 21 (ANI): Even as it faces the fury of large-scale floods, Pakistan is confronted by another severe challenge as malaria cases have begun to achieve unprecedented proportions with some suggesting that the country should look towards India for remedial measu
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Pakistan's cry for flood relief new tactic to seek more funds?
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 21 (ANI): While Pakistan continues to be ravaged by floods, especially in Sindh and Balochistan provinces, Pakistan is now playing a victim of its own man-made disaster fabricated under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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Pakistan's financial woes to worsen after devastating floods
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 21 (ANI): The unprecedented floods in Pakistan are estimated to have caused losses worth USD 18 billion and aggravated macroeconomic fundamentals despite a resumption of the IMF deal, according to Financial Post.
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