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Pak journalists, activists question silence of religious bodies after cler
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Lahore police have registered a case against cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman following a video clip surfaced on social media showing him allegedly sexually assaulting one of his students, prompting journalists and activists to condemn the incident and question
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MQM activist Shahid Aziz tortured to death in Karachi jail
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) activist Shahid Aziz, who was unlawfully arrested in 2017, has been tortured to death by authorities of Karachi Central Prison.
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3 PTI lawmakers among 7 banned from National Assembly for 'unparliamentary
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Pakistan Assembly has barred seven Members of National Assembly (MNAs), including three from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, from entering the House for inappropriate and unparliamentary behaviour.
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Despite mounting debts, Pakistan proposes to exempt political parties from
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): Despite rising debt and inflation in Pakistan, its Imran Khan-led federal government has proposed to exempt all registered political parties of Pakistan from the legal obligation of submitting their annual income and wealth records while also declaring th
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Pakistan hikes petrol prices by Rs 2.13 per litre
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): In yet another shock when the people are suffering from inflationary pressure, Imran Khan's government on Tuesday raised petrol prices in Pakistan by Rs 2.13 per litre.
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Pakistan: 13-yr-old Christian girl forcibly converted to Islam, father see
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): The forced conversion of girls from religious minorities to Islam continues unabated in Pakistan and its latest victim is a 13-year-old Christian girl.
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Pak's chief justice says Sindh govt being run from Canada
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed lashed out at Sindh government over unauthorised constructions and encroachments on public spaces and said that provincial government is being run from Canada.
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Pakistan Police arrests key nationalist leaders for raising voice against
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): In an ongoing crackdown against Nationalist Groups and parties across Sindh, various activists have been arrested for raising their voice against Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP).
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Pandemonium breaks out over budget proposals in Pakistan National Assembly
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): The sitting of the Pakistan National Assembly was adjourned till Wednesday after the Opposition parties attacked the Imran Khan government's budget proposals saying that it had failed to provide relief to the masses from unemployment and inflation.
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COVID-19 vaccination comes to halt in Pakistan's major cities
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): The COVID-19 vaccination process in major cities of Pakistan has come to a halt due to a shortage of vaccines as supplies from the federal government have been delayed for unknown reasons.
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World Bank, ADB delay USD 1 billion loans to Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): In a major setback for Pakistan's dwindling economy, two of its largest lenders - World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) -- have deferred approval of another USD 1 billion worth of loans due to delay in meeting some set conditions.
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Ignorance stands before Pakistan's polio challenge
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): Amid Pakistan's inability to stamp out religious extremism, the surging attack on the country's polio vaccine workers is hurting the government's vaccination drive.
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