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Pakistan registers highest number of Covid-19 deaths in single day in 2021
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan on Sunday recorded the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in a single day in the current year.
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Journalist shot dead in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): A journalist was shot dead by unidentified people on Saturday evening in the Karak district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
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Pakistan: Teachers in Balochistan boycott matriculation exams, demand pay
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): The protesting teachers of Balochistan on Friday boycotted matriculation exams in favour of their demands, said the provincial education department.
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Pakistan extends COVID-19 restrictions till April 13 as infections surge
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan has extended coronavirus restrictions till April 13 as the country is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases with over 5,000 cases reported on Sunday.
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Despite IMF loans, Pakistan continues to rely on China
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): Pakistan is set to address a dozen conditions in six months to meet the USD 6 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme as the debt-ridden country continues to rely heavily on its all-weather friend China, for additional support, according to a
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Crimes against children in Pakistan on the rise, 8 children abused every d
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): Pakistan witnessed a rise in crimes against children including child sexual abuse, abduction and child marriages, and eight children were abused every day in the country in one form or another in 2020, according to a report.
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Pak parliamentary panel endorses jail for criticising armed forces; slamme
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): From Pakistani federal ministers to opposition leaders to the legal fraternity, people from across the divide have criticised the approval of a bill by the country's National Assembly's standing committee, which proposed up to two years imprisonment and
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Protest erupts in Pak demanding Imran Khan to apologise over rape statemen
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): A protest erupted here against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, demanding a public apology from him for his statement blaming "vulgarity" in society for rape and sexual violence.
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Naval exercise with Iran 'unplanned', part of 'goodwill gesture', says Pak
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): After it was reported that the one-day naval exercise between Pakistan and Iran in the Arabian Gulf on Tuesday was based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), a spokesperson for the Pakistani Navy said that the exercise was 'unplanned' and part of a 'go
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'India-Pak backchannel dialogue on track despite Islamabad's trade issue w
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): Despite some issues in the past few days, there is cautious optimism in Pakistan that the thaw in their relations with India is holding steady, according to insiders from Islamabad's Red Zone.
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Islamabad HC directs Pak govt to revitalise human rights commission after
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court has called on ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to revitalise the country's National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), after activists and former NCHR workers accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of deliberately sabotaging t
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Third wave of COVID-19 claims 105 more lives in Pakistan, death tally rise
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Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): Lethal third wave of coronavirus killed 105 more in Pakistan in last 24 hours, taking the national death tally to 15,229.
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