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Over 2,000 child abuse cases registered in Pakistan during past six months
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): More than 2,000 cases of child abuse were registered in Pakistan during the past six months, highlighting the grim situation of human rights in the country.
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Pakistan falters on four FATF-linked goals
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): Pakistan, which is on the grey list of the Paris-based international watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF), faltered on four of its goals regarding anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terror (AML/CFT).
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Pak Army "aggressively" targeting Pashtuns, risks social divisions
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has abused its power and used the legal system and its control over the administrative levers to aggressively target the Pashtuns risking inflammation of social divisions in the country.
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Imran Khan's bail extended till Sept 20 in anti-terrorism case
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): Former Pakistani Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan's bail was extended till September 20 in an anti-terrorism case.
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Imran Khan flips on Pak Army chief tenure, suggests to extend his term til
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): In a change of stance, former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday suggested that Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa's tenure should be "extended till elections."
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Journalist arrested for reporting plight of Hindu flood victims in Pakista
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): Pakistan Police arrested a journalist for allegedly reporting on the plight of Pakistani Hindus trapped in the ongoing floods in Pakistan's Sindh province. These affected people later claimed that they were deprived of basic resources to survive the
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Pakistan: Unidentified men kidnap PML-N senator's relative
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): A 31-year-old man, identified as the brother-in-law of a Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) senator, was allegedly kidnapped outside a mosque in Islamabad, local media reported citing the PML-N senator.
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Pakistan's 'deception game' with FATF exposed
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 12 (ANI): The greylisting by Paris-based international watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has forced Islamabad to take action, albeit in a limited sense, against some of the UN-designated terrorists however with the possibility of getting out from the
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Pakistan digitizes flood relief assistance to bring transparency
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 12 (ANI): Amid reports of corruption, Pakistan has digitized flood relief assistance and distribution activity in a bid to ensure transparency.
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PTI supporters protest against 'minus-one formula' outside Pakistan High C
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan]/London [UK], September 12 (ANI): Supporters and leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) held a protest outside the Pakistan High Commission in London against the "minus-one formula", a term used by PTI to describe the government's attempts to try and disqualify PTI Cha
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Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif to visit London next week, may attend Queen El
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 12 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will embark on a visit to the United Kingdom on September 18, where he will likely attend the funeral of British Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on Thursday evening after 70 years of reign, local media repo
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PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry slams Pakistan's election body, calls them "unel
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday criticized the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for their "incompetence" and called them an "unelected" body.
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