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Pak cabinet approves 5-year jail term for criticizing army, judiciary
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 20 (ANI): In a move to clamp down on dissenting voices, the Pakistan cabinet on Saturday approved a summary of a five-year sentence for criticising the state institutions including the Pakistan army, judiciary and others on electronic media.
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Pakistan: Transport fares go up by PKR 50 in Balochistan amid rising infla
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 20 (ANI): Amid rising inflation in Pakistan, the Balochistan transporters have increased their fares by Pakistani Rs 20 to Rs 50, local media reported on Sunday.
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Pakistan: PTI, JUI-F united by misogyny as they oppose 'Aurat March'
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 20 (ANI): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and opposition Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), which are always at loggerheads, have come together to oppose Aurat March in Pakistan, local media reported.
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Pakistan reports 33 COVID deaths in last 24 hrs, death toll crosses 30,000
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 20 (ANI): Pakistan reported 1,644 new COVID cases and 33 COVID deaths during the last 24 hours pushing the death toll to 30,009, the data shared by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) showed on Sunday.
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Power tariffs to go up in Pakistan, Opposition slams Imran Khan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 20 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) President and National Assembly Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif has slammed Imran Khan government over Rs 6 per unit electricity tariff hike, and demanded an immediate reversal of the increase.
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Pakistan: 16 members of same family arrested from Balochistan in 2011 yet
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 20 (ANI): Justice seems a distant dream for the Qalandarani family of Balochistan's Khuzdar district as 11 years have passed since sixteen members of their family were arrested by Pakistani forces but they could not be traced yet by the government.
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Shehbaz Sharif discusses ousting Pakistan PM Imran Khan with estranged PTI
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): Pakistan's Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has held a secret meeting with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)'s estranged leader Jehangir Khan Tareen and discussed the ouster of the Imran Khan government, according to local media.
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CPEC committee surrenders 20 acres Gwadar land occupied by Pakistan Navy:
Updated : 4 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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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