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Interior Ministry says over 200k Pakistanis deported from various nations
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 24 (ANI): Data released in the public domain by Pakistan's Interior Ministry reveals that around 266,412 Pakistanis nationals have been deported from different countries between 2014 and 2016.
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Sharif could be summoned in Panamagate case: Pak SC
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 24 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif can be summoned for recording his statements in the ongoing Panamagate case.
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PTV bans two female anchors for defamation
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 24 (ANI): The state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) has imposed a ban on two of its female anchors for defaming the organization after both took to social media and talk shows to allege harassment faced by them at the channel.
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Pak water authority cancels USD 4.5bn contracts with Chinese firm
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 24 (ANI): The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) in Pakistan has terminated two of its key contracts with a Chinese firm, even before the formal launch of USD 4.5 billion Dasu hydropower project, citing 'fundamental breaches' of the agreement.
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CII says organ transplantation 'un-Islamic'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 24 (ANI): Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and Wafaq-ul-Madaris have termed the Organ and Tissue Transplant (amendment) Bill 2016 as 'non-Islamic' and decided to challenge it in court.
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Under alleged pressure from China, Pak dragging feet with reliable partner
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan.24 (ANI): Pakistan has made numerous promises to Iran in the recent past, and according to observers, is unlikely to fulfill most, which raises the question of whether it can ever be a reliable partner for Tehran.
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Pakistan to host 13th ECO summit in March
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 24 (ANI): Pakistan will host the 13th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) in March this year.
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German newspaper links Nawaz Sharif's daughter with Panama Papers
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 23 (ANI): German newspaper 'Süddeutsche Zeitung' on Monday tweeted documents linking the role of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam in the Panama Papers scandal.
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ANP asks Pak Govt to take parties into confidence over revival of military
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 23 (ANI): Addressing a large crowd of Pashtun supporters on the occasion of the death anniversaries of Khudai Khidmatgar Tehreek leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and his son Khan Abdul Wali Khan, and days after a bomb blast claimed the lives of 25 people in Parchin
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CPEC a framework of several developmental projects: Pak Planning Minister
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 23 (ANI): Pakistan's Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is not only a name of any road but a framework for several developmental projects.
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Pak media blacks out death anniversaries of Pashtun leaders Bacha Khan and
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan.23 (ANI): The joint death anniversary of Khudai Khidmatgar Movement founder and Pashtun independence activist Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988), popularly nicknamed Bacha Khan or Pacha Khan and his son, Khan Abdul Wali Khan (1917-2006), also a Pashtun leader, and
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Pak establishes Special Security Division for CPEC
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 22 (ANI): The Interior Ministry has established the Special Security Division (SSD) tasked with protecting the USD 53 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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