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Pak govt's bid to set up panel on demand for French envoy's explusion fail
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): The Imran Khan government's move to form a special parliamentary committee on the issue of the French envoy's expulsion from Pakistan seems to have failed after opposition parties joined hands to oppose the idea and called for a debate in the country'
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Pakistan's COVID-19 cases cross 800,000 mark
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases are rapidly surging in Pakistan, the country's total cases of COVID-19 infection crossed 800,000 mark on Monday.
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COVID-19: Pakistan mulling complete lockdown due to high positivity rate
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): Amid the sudden rise in coronavirus cases in Pakistan, the federal government has warned they will be forced to impose a complete lockdown in the country if the current positivity rate of COVID-19 cases continues in the coming week.
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Pak FM Qureshi says willing to talk if India revisits its Aug 5, 2019 deci
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said that Pakistan would be happy to talk out differences and resolve outstanding issues through dialogue if India was willing to revisit the unilateral decisions it took on Aug 5, 2019, regarding
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Pakistan Army set to enforce COVID-19 SOPs as infections surge
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Pakistan government has issued a notification allowing the provinces and federal administration to take the Army's help to enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) amid the rising coronavirus infections in the country.
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Pakistan govt lacks public support in fight against COVID-19 pandemic: Rep
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Even though Pakistan's medical infrastructure is crumbling under mounting pressure because of the adverse COVID-19 situation in the country, only a minuscule percentage of the Pakistani population actually wants to get vaccinated.
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Bilawal Bhutto lambasts Imran Khan govt for failing to secure COVID-19 vac
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Expressing concern over the rapidly escalating COVID-19 situation in the country, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday accused the government of failing to secure vaccines in time.
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Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity ratio jumps to over 10 per cent
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity ratio jumped to over 10 per cent on Sunday, a day after the country reported the highest number of deaths due to the novel coronavirus.
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Pakistan's medical facilities crumbling under rising COVID-19 cases
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Pakistan's medical facilities are crumbling under the mounting pressure from the rapidly escalating COVID-19 situation in the country.
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Pakistan offers support to India amid COVID-19 surge, says Foreign Ministe
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): As a gesture of solidarity, Pakistan has offered relief and support to India in the wake of the current wave of COVID-19, said Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday.
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Pakistan reports highest single-day spike in COVID-19 deaths; Army to enfo
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Pakistan has reported 157 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike in deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pakistan's obsession with blasphemy laws leads to extrajudicial killings,
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Blasphemy is a highly sensitive issue in deeply conservative Pakistan where mere allegations have led to extrajudicial killings and mob violence.
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