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Delay in election in Pakistan can lead to political instability
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
After the postponement of elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP), the political climate in the country has further deteriorated, reported Daily Times.
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Pakistan: Shortage of water to affect Kharif crops
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The water regulator, however, could not bridge differences between the two large provinces over the conveyance losses. As a result, the meeting set up a committee led by IRSA's member for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa "to determine actual system conveyance losses to resolve the issue", the regulator sa
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Saudi Arabia enters deal to provide USD 240 million loan for Pakistan to c
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Saudi Arabia signed a USD 240 million loan agreement with Pakistan on Friday to support the Mohmand Multipurpose Dam Project, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Pakistan, Dawn reported. Mohmand Multipurpose Dam Project is a major hydropower complex that wi
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Pakistan's politicians are failing their most vulnerable people
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
No attempt was made to reduce wasteful government spending or energy usage. No attempt was made to win back external creditors who have dumped Pakistani assets, unnerved by highly irresponsible comments from key policymakers. Promises made to the IMF were broken and wild accusations were hur
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Quran translation made mandatory part of university curriculum in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In a major development, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has made a study of the Holy Quran a compulsory requirement to get an undergraduate degree in universities across the country, Pakistan's local media reported.
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Pakistan church leader slams targeted killings of minorities
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms the targeting of innocent civilians because of their religious beliefs or ethnicity," Bishop Marshall said. "It is unacceptable and goes against the fundamental principles of humanity."
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Debt sustainability indicators worsen in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan's major debt sustainability indicators have witnessed marked deterioration during the first half of this fiscal year in the middle of steep currency devaluation and interest rates hikes, revealed a semi-annual debt bulletin of the finance ministry, The Tribune reported.
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Russia frustrated with Pakistan over broken commitments to import oil: Rep
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Russia was frustrated to learn that Pakistan had not started the process it committed to Moscow to start the first shipment of crude oil. Pakistan had committed that it would set up a new Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) company that would be responsible for the import of Russian oil to Pakista
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Imran Khan is not the only guilty man to rob Pakistan's Toshakhana
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
None of the rulers took these books while going home. These books were sent to the library later. This is the extreme level of intellectual and moral depravity and corruption that Pakistan has fallen to and necklaces, watches and many other expensive gifts have not been found in the Toshakha
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Pakistanis migrants among 190 saved by rescue ship in Italy
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Around 200 migrants including people from Pakistan were rescued from a wooden boat approximately 20 hours after they departed from Zawiya in Libya, Geo News reported. Some 190 migrants were rescued by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) off the coast of Libya on March 24.
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Pak media regulatory body bans coverage of rallies, gatherings in Islamaba
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Monday barred the television channels from live and recorded coverage of rallies or public gatherings by any party, organisation, and individual being held in the federal capital today, Geo News reported.
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PTI links human rights violation with 'FATF grey listing'
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Addressing a news conference along with PTI Secretary General Asad Umar, Azam Swati and others at the Lahore Press Club on Sunday, Fawad stressed that there was no other way to bring political stability in the country except by implementing the provisions laid out in the Constitution, Tribun
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