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CPEC committee surrenders 20 acres Gwadar land occupied by Pakistan Navy:
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): A cabinet committee on Pakistan's CPEC project has surrendered 20 acres of prime land in the port city of Gwadar in favour of its Navy after they refused to vacate the land citing "security reasons".
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Pakistan: Rights activist expresses concern over taxes on contraceptives i
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): Amid fears of a new wave of inflation following Pakistan's deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for USD 6 billion assistance, rights activists expressed concern that an understanding with the global financing institution may also lead to he
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Pakistan reports 1,983 new COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): Pakistan has reported 1,983 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Saturday.
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Pak's Jamaat-e-Islami chief terms Imran Khan-led govt as worst in country'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ameer Sirajul Haq has termed the Imran Khan led-Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government as the worst in the country's history, local media reported.
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Killing of young man in northwest Pakistan sparks protest
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): The killing of a young man by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday sparked a protest by relatives of the victim, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Opposition party JUI-F protests against rising inflation
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) activists recently held a protest against the frequent increases in the prices of electricity and petroleum products in the country.
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Pakistan: Right-wing party opposes Aurat March, threatens to stop it
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): Pakistan's prominent right-wing political party has warned of stopping the annual Aurat March held across the country on International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8.
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Pakistan most dangerous country for journalists, says Hamid Mir
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): Pakistan has become the most dangerous country in the world for journalists, said a senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir on Friday and added that state machinery has failed to protect scribes for raising facts and highlighting public issues.
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Imran Khan govt surrendered country's economic control to IMF: Pak Opposit
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): Pakistani leader and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq has lashed out at Imran Khan government for destroying every institution over the last three-and-a-half years, and said that the surrender of the country's economic control to the IMF and the wo
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Pak religious affairs minister urges Imran Khan to ban 'anti-Islam slogans
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): As the annual Aurat March continues to be targeted by the upholders of the patriarchal mindset in Pakistan, the Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Noorul Haq Qadri has urged the Imran Khan government not to allow any organisation o
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Karnataka Advocate General tells HC, Hijab not essential religious practic
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Hijab controversy, the Karnataka government on Friday submitted before the Karnataka High Court that Hijab is not an essential religious practice of the Muslim faith and preventing it does not violate the constitutional guara
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Widespread public anger over domestic petrol price hikes, says Pakistan me
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): Amid the continuing rise in fuel prices in the country, Pakistan media has criticised the Imran Khan government and said the hefty hike in motor fuel prices has stoked a fresh round of inflation.
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