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Blasphemy a tool to silence women's rights activists in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): The charge of blasphemy has been used as a tool to silence many in Pakistan, especially annual Aurat March that continues to be targeted with unsubstantiated allegations, and scandalized by, as experts call then, upholders of patriarchal inertia.
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Pak imposes 10-day countrywide lockdown from May 8 to control COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): In order to curb the rising number of coronavirus infections, authorities in Pakistan are imposing complete countrywide lockdown from May 8 for the next 10 days, Gulf News reported.
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Pakistan's opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif stopped from flying abroad
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Hours after a Pakistan court granted conditional permission to PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif to travel abroad for medical treatment, the Leader of Opposition was reportedly stopped from flying to the United Kingdom at Lahore airport on Saturday morning.
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Pak's hybrid regime a betrayal of Imran Khan's previous stand against mili
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Though Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed to clip the military's wings in the name of democratic reform, today, his Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) has become everything he claimed to stand against, a de-facto hybrid martial law regime where ex-soldier
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Pak traders defy govt's COVID-19 rules, vow to keep businesses open till E
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Defying the government's orders amid a third COVID-19 wave, the All Pakistan Traders Association on Friday announced that it would all commercial activities starting tomorrow until chand raat - the day before Eid-ul-Fitr.
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Bilawal Bhutto asks Imran Khan to resign, apologise to Pak over deal with
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to step down and apologise to the nation for the 'PTIMF' deal between the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Pak diplomats lodge protest after Imran Khan's public rebuking of foreign
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): An uproar ensued at Pakistan's Foreign Office, where several diplomats lodged a strong protest with the country's foreign minister and foreign secretary for 'scapegoating' them after Prime Minister Imran Khan publicly castigated Pakistani missions abroad.
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Pak court grants Shehbaz Sharif permission to go abroad for medical treatm
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): The Lahore High Court on Friday has granted conditional permission to Pakistan Leader of Opposition and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif to travel abroad once for medical treatment.
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan leaves for Saudi Arabia on three-day visit
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday left for Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit to discuss bilateral relations between the countries.
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Pak reports 4,198 new COVID-19 cases, 108 deaths; Islamabad under complete
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): In order to curb the rising number of coronavirus infections, Islamabad authorities have announced a full lockdown on May 7 from 6 pm onwards.
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Pakistan lost 80 pc of its pangolins due to illegal killing, trade with Ch
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 6 (ANI): Pakistan has lost more than 80 per cent of its pangolins due to their illegal killing for scales and meat and also due to their illegal trade especially with China, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan's trade deficit widens to USD 23.8 billion in 10 months
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 6 (ANI): Pakistan's trade deficit widened to USD 23.8 billion, exceeding the annual target by USD 4.1 billion in 10 months of the current fiscal year.
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