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Pak Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah reiterates Punjab polls won't happen
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Rana Sanaullah, the interior minister of Pakistan, reaffirmed on Saturday that he does not anticipate the Punjab elections taking place on May 14 despite the Supreme Court set that date, Geo News reported.
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Pak election commission extends deadline to submit party tickets for Punja
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The deadline for submitting party tickets and receiving symbol allotments for candidates seeking to run in the Punjab Assembly elections was extended by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday, Geo News reported.
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Amid mounting fiscal woes, Pakistan to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Saturday
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Amid the mounting economic woes, Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in Pakistan on Saturday as the Shawwal moon had not been sighted in the country on Thursday, Geo News reported. Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad made the announcement in a press conference on Thu
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Conduct of Punjab polls on May 14 getting impossible: Pak poll body to top
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said Tuesday that the conduct of elections on May 14 is becoming impossible owing to the lack of resources and forces to maintain law and order in its answer to the Supreme Court of Pakistan about elections in Punjab, Geo News reported.
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Amid reeling economic crisis, Pak govt hikes petrol price for next 15 days
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Ishaq Dar, the finance minister, revealed on Saturday that the federal government has decided to raise the cost of petrol by Rs 10 per litre for the ensuing 15 days, Geo News reported.
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Top court orders State Bank of Pakistan to release funds for Punjab, KP po
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday ordered the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to direct funds for holding elections to the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies, Geo News reported.
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Pakistan: 4 killed, at least 15 injured in explosion in Quetta
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Four people were killed and at least 15 injured after a blast took place near a police vehicle in Pakistan's Quetta on Monday, Geo News reported.
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Pak court approves one-day physical remand of PTI leader in sedition case
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a case involving terrorism and sedition, a local court in Islamabad allowed on Sunday the one-day physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ali Amin Gandapur and ordered police to present him in an anti-terrorism court (ATC) the following day, Geo News reported.
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Pakistan rights panel raises alarm over growing public frustration over en
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has sounded alarm over growing public frustration pertaining to enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press freedom, misgovernance and allegations of political manipulation by the establishment in Balochistan, Geo News reported.
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Pakistan: Party President Elahi says PTI's contacts with old allies 'resto
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, has said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) experienced significant political loss as a result of their alliance with the 13-party coalition that controls the current government, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM),
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Delay in polls: Nawaz Sharif calls for full court to hear PTI petition
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Over the petition filed by Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the delay in the Punjab polls, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Supremo and former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have called for a full court to be formed, Geo News reported.
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Pak: 9 women killed as overall death toll hits 12 in Karachi stampede
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Nine women have been killed as the overall death toll reached 12 in the Karachi stampede on Friday during a ration distribution drive in a factory, Geo News reported.
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