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Around 2,00,000 afghans repatriated via Torkham border after Pakistan dead
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A large number of those returning home, especially women and children, lack adequate facilities after their repatriation. Many of them don't have their houses as they had left the country decades back while tens of thousands were born in Pakistan.
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"India repeatedly raised issue of fees on Kartarpur corridor with Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
India has repeatedly raised concern over Pakistan's provision of USD 20 fees and mandatory passport for access to the Kartarpur Corridor, but no update has been received by Islamabad, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
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Pakistan: Benazir Medical University teachers observe two-hour strike for
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Abdul Hafeez Abro, president of the SMBBMU Teachers Association, and other office-bearers who led the protest raised slogans and urged people at the helm of affairs at the university to lend an ear to their genuine demands.
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After Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, terrorism increased in Pakistan:
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"But unfortunately, after the establishment of the interim Afghan govt, there has been a 60 per cent increase in terror incidents and 500 pc rise in suicide attacks in Pakistan," added Pak caretaker PM.
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PoK observes shutter-down strike against "sky-high power tariff"
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
During the strike, all the businesses remained closed and traffic crawled near Mangla Dam, one of the largest multipurpose water bodies used for irrigation and hydroelectric power in the country.
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Pakistan citizens unable to get passports due to shortage of lamination pa
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Zain Ijaz, a resident of Gujrat in Pakistan, had a long-standing dream of studying in the United Kingdom. When he finally secured admission to a university in the UK, it seemed like his dream was within reach. However, an extraordinary delay in obtaining his passport now threatens to shatter
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'Premature' border closure leaves Afghan immigrants under open sky
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
It reported that the officials on the Pakistan side of the border said illegal immigrants were being processed as a matter of routine for their repatriation to Afghanistan when the Afghan authorities closed the border crossing for movement at 7 pm, hours ahead of the schedule, leaving as man
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Pakistan: Mill owners raise 20 kg flour bag price by PKR 100
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Flour Mills Association President Mian Muhammad Naseem Hasan and Rao Sajid Mahmood said in a statement that due to the poor policies of the caretaker government, the wheat quota has not been provided yet and added that as a result they were forced to buy and sell wheat at high prices from th
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Illicit trade estimated at 20 per cent of Pakistan's formal economy: Busin
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), a policy advocacy group representing Pakistan's largest businesses, said the combined value of smuggling, under-invoicing, mis-declaration of imports, counterfeiting and adulteration was estimated at $68 billion or 20 per cent of the formal economy.
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Explosives defused near Adiala Jail in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan's Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) officials defused an explosive device found in a suspicious bag near Adiala Jail, The News International reported.
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Taliban deputy foreign affairs minister warns Pakistan to not 'force Afgha
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Taliban acting Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai warned Islamabad to treat Afghan immigrants appropriately and not to force Afghans to react against their actions, TOLO News reported.
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Forced deportation of Afghans from Pakistan pushes Pakistan-Afghanistan re
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As Pakistan continues to forcefully expel Afghan refugees, it has been negatively impacting the Afghanistan-Pakistan relationship by putting it at stake as the Taliban government condemned Pakistan's move, reported The Express Tribune.
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