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Death toll of healthcare workers in Pakistan due to COVID-19 reaches 100
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): At least 100 healthcare workers have died from COVID-19 in Pakistan as concerns grow over lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers in the country's second coronavirus wave.
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'In the memory of the man of pleasure': Alcoholic drink named after Pak fo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): In a scoff at Pakistan Founding Father Muhammad Ali Jinnah, an alcoholic drink seems to have been named after him suggesting that he had "enjoyed" activities that are forbidden in Islam like pool billiards, cigars, pork sausages as well as fine scotch,
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Pakistani rights group demands justice for Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian gir
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP), a human rights group, condemned the abduction and demanded justice for 16-year-old Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian girl from Faisalabad who escaped kidnappers.
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Pakistan records 67 COVID-19 related deaths in last 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Pakistan on Tuesday reported 67 COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours as the nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 8,091.
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Imran Khan blames Opposition for COVID-19 spread as fatalities cross 8000
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] November 30 (ANI): As Pakistani authorities struggle to tackle the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Imran Khan hit out at the opposition parties, calling it the 'main problem' in combating the spread of the virus.
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Pakistan passes grim milestone of 8,000 COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 30 (ANI): With 40 COVID-19-related deaths in the last 24 hours Pakistan tally of the pandemic fatalities jumped to 8,025 on Monday.
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Pak opposition says PDM jalsa in Multan will take place at all costs
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 30 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Secretary Information Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying that “fascist rulers” have arrested PML-N workers carrying peaceful protest.
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Pakistan's first metro train line, China's gift or debt trap
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 30 (ANI): Across the globe, people avoid public transport systems during the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan has started commercial operations of its first metro train service in Lahore amidst a fresh wave of coronavirus outbreak. Commuters are going crazy and floc
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NAB violating human rights, says Pakistan Senate Deputy Chairman
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla on Sunday lashed out at Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB), alleging that the bureau was violating human rights by blackmailing people.
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Several PML-N members arrested from Multan ahead of PDM rally
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): Opposition alliance Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Sunday claimed that several party members have been arrested from Ghanta Ghar Chowk in Multan for carrying out a 'peaceful rally'.
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World's loneliest elephant in Pakistan departs for a new home in Cambodia
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): After spending 35 years in Islamabad’s Marghazar zoo, the ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ Kaavan is set to depart for a new home in Cambodia on Sunday.
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Foreign investors withdraw USD 471.7 million from Pakistan's debt market
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): Foreign investors have pulled out USD 471.7 million from Pakistan's debt market in the past five months due to lower interest rate and a fresh wave of coronavirus in the country, according to data from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
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