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Pakistan PM reiterates call for electoral reforms, opposition doesn't budg
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday once again asked the opposition parties to come forward for discussion on electoral reforms including the introduction of electronic voting machines (EVMs) even though major parties have already dismissed his p
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Pakistan to seek debt restructuring of CPEC power projects
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): Islamabad is set to seek debt restructuring of USD 3 billion for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) energy projects and request China to consider restructuring of the repayments for 10 to 12 years in a bid to eliminate the need for increasing power
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Islamabad riskiest place to practice journalism: Report
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): With an escalation in attacks and harrasment against journalists in Pakistan, according to the Freedom Network's annual state of the Press Freedom 2021 report, Islamabad has emerged as the riskiest place to practice journalism.
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Sense of betrayal in Pak police grows as Imran Khan govt negotiated with b
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 30 (ANI): Several members of the Pakistani police force have said that there is a growing sense of 'betrayal' among their colleagues after the government negotiated and agreo ted the demands of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party despite officers being "kil
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PPP secures victory in Pak NA-249 by-poll, Imran Khan's PTI, PML-N cry fou
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 30 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Qadir Khan Mandokhail has emerged victorious in the NA-249 by-election in Karachi by a margin of 16,156 votes, according to provisional results released early on Friday.
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Pakistan ambassador to Saudi Arabia called back over public complaints
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI): Pakistan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia has returned to the country over complaints by the Pakistani community in the kingdom.
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Pakistan's capital city put on high alert after threat of terror attack
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI): Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad has been put on high alert in the wake of intelligence reports that terrorists might strike in the city.
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COVID-19: Pakistan allows over-flight of EU aid plane to India
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI): In a rare friendly gesture, Pakistan on Thursday allowed the over-flight of the European Union (EU) plane, delivering medical supplies to India to tackle COVID-19 crisis.
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Pakistan editors strongly object to new media curb, terms it as 'censorshi
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI): Pakistan's senior media editors have raised alarm over a new directive by the electronic media regulator that has advised satellite television channels not to report on government meetings under progress.
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Fearless judge Isa overcomes unjust inquiries by hybrid regime of Imran Kh
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday in a judgement acquited Justice Qazi Faez Isa from the allegations levelled against him for not disclosing his family members foreign assets in his wealth statement in a June 2020 presidential reference and said Isa will
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Bilawal Bhutto warns Pakistan approaching another flour crisis, slams govt
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned that the country is moving towards another flour crisis as there are only less than 20 days of wheat stock left available in the country.
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Internet freedom in Pakistan declined dramatically in 2020: Report
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] April 29 (ANI): Internet freedom in Pakistan has declined dramatically in 2020 as Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government has increased blocking political, social and cultural websites, as well as increased "weaponisation of the cybercrime law as a tool", according to a
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