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Misplaced Priorities?: Pakistan reluctant to reap sugar export benefits, l
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Even if Pakistan has huge surplus sugar stock, yet, the government in a strange move, has retained the ban on sugar exports which has a potential to inject over USD 1 billion into the national exchequer, media reports said.
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PoK: Candidates protests over "mismanagement" in health department test in
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Hundreds of candidates have protested against the health department over the "mismanagement" in a test for 32 posts in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), as per local media.
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Islamabad court confirms pre-arrest bail for Imran in 10 cases in "Azadi M
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): A local court in Pakistan on Saturday confirmed the pre-arrest bails of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan in 10 cases pertaining to the violence and damage to public property during the party's "Azadi March" on May 25.
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Pakistan: Protesters vandalise Multan police station against fake encounte
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Protesting against the killing of a man and the injuring of another person in an encounter, scores of people vandalised a police station in Multan city of Pakistan's Punjab province, local media reported.
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Russian FM refused to meet Bilawal: PTI's Fawad Chaudhry
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Hitting out at the country's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari who attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent yesterday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry said that was on an "internship" and that no one know
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Pakistan resorts to piecemeal measures as country lifts ban on 'luxury' it
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): They say desperate times call for desperate measures. It suits best on Pakistan as the country lifts ban on imports of luxury items however it is only a precursor to an economic disaster as these piecemeal measures are not sustainable.
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No Pakistan-Russia diplomats meeting at SCO raises eyebrows: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): No bilateral meeting with Russia during the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent on Friday, have raised an eyebrow over the Shahbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government as Islamabad relations with Moscow have been discussed sever
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Recent report over PTI 'corruption' may damage image of Imran Khan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): The recent report over Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)'s is expected to damage the image of Imran Khan, who has used corruption as his primary weapon against other parties in Pakistan unless the country's polling body announces its 2014's pending verdict o
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For a change: Imran Khan's PTI wins Pakistan's Punjab Dy speaker elections
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): After high drama that ensued during Punjab Chief Minister and Assembly Speaker elections, in a bit of respite, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi was elected Speaker of the Punjab Assembly unopposed after no other candidate filed
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Sri Lanka way? Moody's, Fitch and S&P downgrade Pakistan's rating
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Citing the country's weakening economic position, Moody's, then Fitch, and now S&P Global - three major global rating agencies have downgraded Pakistan's long-term rating from stable to negative, according to media reports.
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Pakistan takes U-turn, resumes imports of luxury items
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): In a reversal of its earlier ban on the import of luxury items, Pakistan's federal cabinet on Saturday approved a decision by an economic committee to unban the imports, media reports said.
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434 attacks reported against Pak forces in first half of 2022: report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan witnessed 434 militant attacks on its security forces during the first six months of 2022, local media reported on Saturday citing a report presented in the country's parliament.
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