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China coal power producers proposes use of Renminbi in Pak Port Qasim
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Citing power shortages in Pakistan amid rising coal prices as well as to contain inflation, "all-weather" friend China proposed the use of Renminbi (RMB) in the Port Qasim coal-fired power plant to buy coal to release pressure on the dollar.
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Pakistan fails to tackle surge in gender-based violence
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Over 22,000 incidents of gender-based violence have been reported in Pakistan in the last six years however the country has failed miserably to combat the surge, media reports said.
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Pakistan poll body to announce verdict on Imran Khan party's 'foreign fund
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) is expected to announce the verdict in the "foreign funding" case against Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the first week of August.
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Accused of human smuggling, top Pakistani diplomat now exposed for visa sc
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): A high-ranking Pakistani diplomat, who faced serious allegations of human smuggling in March, is at the core of a visa scam as he tried to persuade the European embassies in Islamabad to illegally get visas for Pakistan nationals.
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PDM chief alleges Imran colluding with Gulf nation, ruining CPEC
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Chairman Maulana Fazlur Rehman, an ally of the ruling Shehbaz government, slammed Imran Khan for colluding with a Gulf state to bring the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to ruins.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan's Instagram account hacked, dubious crypto link poste
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's official Instagram account was reportedly hacked on Monday.
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Targeted killings on rise in Pak's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: PDM chief says Arme
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who is an ally of the ruling Shehbaz Sharif government of Pakistan, held a protest over the rising incidents of targeted killings in southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and alleged
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'Old habits die hard': Pak army chief's US outreach sparks row
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Pakistan army Gen Qamar Bajwa has come under fire for the phone call he made to a senior US State Department for securing disbursement of IMF funds to help the country's ailing economy.
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Pakistan: 263 medical centres shut down in Punjab province
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) has shut down 263 illegal treatment centres in 11 districts of the province last month, a media report said.
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Pakistan reports 656 fresh COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Pakistan on Monday registered 656 fresh COVID-19 cases and one coronavirus-related death, as per the data by the country's National Institute of Health (NIH).
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Assets worth over PKR 10 billion stolen from Pakistan Steel Mills
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Assets over 10 billion Pakistani rupees have been stolen from Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) in collusion with some officers in the management, according to local media.
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Pak Army chief Bajwa approaches US to secure IMF loan amid dwindling forei
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Amid the worsening crisis due to shrinking foreign reserves, Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has approached the US for help in securing an early disbursement of funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to prevent the south Asian cou
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