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Major health risks unfolding amid floods in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): As districts in Pakistan continue to be affected by massive monsoon rainfall and unprecedented levels of flooding, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of significant public health threats facing affected populations, including the risk of fur
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'Pakistan has turned into prison state, needs to reform its judicial syste
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Pakistan is fast turning into a prison state and there is a dire need to reform its judicial system even as the raidly increasing number of extra-judicial killings raises serious questions about its justice delivery mechanism.
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Discrimination against Pashtuns may jeopardise Pakistan's unity and divers
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Pakistan army's approach to combating insurgency in the Pashtun tribal belt by using draconian laws, such as the notorious Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) may jeopardise its unity and diversity.
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Shehbaz Sharif thanks PM Modi for condolence message amid devastating floo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his condolences over the human and material losses caused by massive floods in Pakistan.
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Human rights activists call to impose limits on Pak intelligence agencies
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Former lawmakers and human rights activists on Tuesday demanded to introduce legislation to ensure that limits were imposed on state institutions and laws were introduced in Pakistan that lay down boundaries for the functioning of intelligence agencies
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Treason case sought against Imran, three others for derailing Pak govt's d
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Islamabad Police on Wednesday informed that an application had been filed to register a treason case against former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan and three others for hatching a conspiracy to derail International Mon
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Pakistan floods: Over 33mn people affected, 6.4mn in dire need of aid, say
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): More than 6.4 million people in Pakistan are in dire need of humanitarian aid as the devastating floods continue to wreak havoc in the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
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Atrocities against women continues in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): The targeting of religious minorities, especially women, has been continuing in Pakistan recently a Hindu girl returned to her family after enduring two years of gang rape by her abductors, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Former minister Tarin's audio tapes expose PTI 'conspiracy' agai
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): The audios of former Pakistan Finance minister Shaukat Tarin, leaked on Monday, have exposed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) conspiracy to scuttle the coalition government's deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Pakistan can consider imports from India after assessing supply shortage p
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Wednesday said that international agencies have approached the country's government to allow the imports from India through the land border, however, the Pakistan goverment can consider it only after assessing
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Pakistan "unapologetically close" to China in strategic ties, says Ministe
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Pakistan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Monday said that the country was "unapologetically close" to China in a strategic partnership which was growing.
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FATF team arrives in Pakistan to verify steps taken by country to exit wat
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): The Global money laundering and terrorism watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) team has arrived in Pakistan to verify the steps taken by the country to exit the watchdog's grey list, local media reported.
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