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51000 Afghans, 2700 Pakistanis return home over two days
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.9 (ANI): Over 51,000 Afghans and 2,700 Pakistanis crossed into their respective countries on Monday and Tuesday after Pakistan temporarily reopened its border with Afghanistan, which it closed in February following several militant attacks.
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Balochistan, FATA kids top list of 22.6 million still out of school, says
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.9 (ANI): The school dropout scenario in Pakistan continues to present an abysmal picture, with 22.6 million kids not having access to education and as many as 44 percent children aged between five and 16 still being out of school.
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Pakistan awards Chinese firm two Dasu dam contracts
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.9 (ANI): The Government of Pakistan has awarded the China Gezhouba Group Company (CGGC) two civil engineering contracts in the first stage of the Dasu hydropower project worth Rs.180 billion.
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Pakistan continues to face enduring 'bin Laden' terror phenomeno
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 9 (ANI): The rise in terrors attacks across Pakistan has prompted an expert to question the manner in which the government is combating the menace.
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Pak claims to execute five Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan terrorists
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 8 (ANI): Pakistan on Wednesday claimed that it executed 'five hardcore terrorists' belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
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Pak Speaker tells envoy designate to reinforce ties with United States
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.8 (ANI): The Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, has told ambassador-designate to the United States and former foreign secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary that Pakistan attaches immense importance to its relations with United States and want
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Pakistan, Switzerland to sign agreement on bank accounts information on Ma
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.8 (ANI): Finance Minister Ishaq Dar told the National Assembly on Wednesday that Pakistan will soon sign an agreement with Switzerland on exchange of information regarding bank accounts.
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Pak for cordial bilateral relations with Afghanistan but not on Indian pri
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 8 (ANI): Pakistan's Minister for State and Frontier Regions Abdul Qadir Baloch has said that his country wants to have cordial bilateral relations with Afghanistan but not in pursuit of Indian priorities.
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Torkham, Chaman border crossings stay open for second day
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.8 (ANI): The crossings of Torkham and Chaman on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border remained open for the second day on Wednesday, allowing thousands of stranded Afghans and Pakistanis to cross over into their respective countries.
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Accused of rigging, ECP says will boycott poll reforms body
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.8 (ANI): Accused of rigging, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced that it will boycott all proceedings of a parliamentary panel on electoral reforms.
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Pak opposition nails Sharif regime on 'unwise' border closure wi
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.8 (ANI): A debate in Pakistan's parliament turned acrimonious on Tuesday, when the opposition accused the Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N federal government of being unwise and illogical in sealing the border with Afghanistan, and demanded a for revisiting the country&#
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Pak Senate told 84 pct population lacks access to safe drinking water
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.8 (ANI): Pakistan's Senate has been told that 84 percent of the country's population does not have access to safe drinking water.
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