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Journalists condemn Pakistan plan for strict control over media
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 7 (ANI): Several media rights groups have called on Pakistani authorities to withdraw plans to establish the 'Pakistan Media Development Authority' (PMDA) that risks placing strict state control over all media.
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Major military reshuffle in Pakistan, Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum named new ISI ch
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 6 (ANI): In a major military reshuffle in Pakistan, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed has been replaced and Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum has been appointed in his place, local media reported on Wednesday.
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Imran Khan made lives of Afghan refugees miserable amid false promises of
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 6 (ANI): Three years since Prime Minister Imran Khan promised to grant Afghan refugees full citizenship, the commitment remains unfulfilled.
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Pakistan seeks ADB help for setting up natural disaster fund for risk redu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 6 (ANI): There is a need for establishing a natural disaster fund for disaster risk reduction, mitigation and rehabilitation, said Pakistan's Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar during discussions with newly appointed
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Pak court gives India more time to appoint lawyer in Kulbhushan Jadhav cas
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 6 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court has given India more time to appoint a lawyer to review the death sentence ordered to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav.
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Pandora Papers: No action against ministers till found guilty, says Pak In
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 6 (ANI): Pakistan's Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary on Tuesday said that the cabinet ministers, whose names had appeared in the Pandora Papers, would not be removed from their respective positions until they are proven guilty.
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Pakistan: Doctors baton-charged for protesting against compulsion of Natio
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] October 5 (ANI): Police forces on Tuesday baton-charged and fired tear gas at doctors protesting outside the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) in Islamabad for making the National Licensing Exam mandatory.
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Pandora Papers: Names of Pak businessman, media moguls, military men revea
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] October 5 (ANI): Several more people from Pakistan, including media group owners, family members of army personnel, and businessmen have been named in Pandora Papers that allegedly contain records of financial holdings by elites.
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Pakistan confirms 1,308 new COVID-19 cases, 54 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Pakistan on Monday confirmed 1,308 new COVID-19 cases and 54 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday.
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Pakistan cleric, his sons indicted in sexual assault case
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 5 (ANI): A Pakistani court has indicted a cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman and his five sons for sexually abusing a student at his madrassah.
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Pandora Papers: Opposition calls Imran Khan's investigation cell 'hoax'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 5 (ANI): Pakistan's opposition parties on Monday termed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's move to establish a cell to investigate the Pakistani nationals whose names appeared in the Pandora Papers "a hoax" and called for an inquiry through a judicial commissi
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Talks with TTP, not in my knowledge, says Pakistan Interior Minister
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 5 (ANI): Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has said that the talks with Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are not in his knowledge, reported local media.
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