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Pakistan gas tariff surges by a staggering 235 per cent
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 9 (ANI): The Shehbaz Sharif government has approved an increase in natural gas prices in the range of 43 per cent to 235 per cent with effect from July 1 to recover 660 billion Pakistani rupees (Pkr) from the majority of domestic and all other categories of consume
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Illegal means used to influence poll results in Pakistan: Study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): More than 160 illegal means are used to influence poll results in Pakistan as around 80 per cent of them could be addressed by introducing electronic voting machines (EVMs), reported Dawn.
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Pak: PAC urges removal of Former Justice Javed Iqbal as head of missing pe
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): Amid an incessant surge in 'Enforced Disappearances' and misuse of power by higher authorities in Pakistan, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for the removal of former justice (retired), Javed Iqbal, as the
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Pakistan: Tayyaba Gul accuses Imran Khan of using her videos to blackmail
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): Tayyaba Gul on Thursday accused former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan of using her videos to close his National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases and blackmail the opposition.
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Pak Army wants to stay away from politics, not respond to public criticism
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has sought to stay away from politics, and avoid interactions with the political class while not responding to public criticism in an attempt to preserve its credibility and image as the super-saviour of the nation, according to a media r
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Economic instability continues to rankle Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): Pakistan continues to remain under a tight grip of economic instability and has been counted among the countries facing the severe consequences of surging prices, stated a United Nations Development Program report published Thursday.
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Pakistan: Govt targeting journalists, says former Minister Rasheed
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): Pakistan's former Home Minister Shaikh Rasheed on Friday said that the government is targeting journalists in the country.
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Pakistan: 97 killed, 101 injured in rain-related incidents
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): Ninety-seven people were killed and 101 others were injured in separate rain-related incidents across Pakistan over the last three weeks, media reported citing the country's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
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State Bank of Pakistan says inflation in country to stay high for a year
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): Inflation in the country will remain in the range of 18-20 per cent this fiscal year, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
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Pakistan politicians weigh civil-military imbalance in the country
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): Former Pakistan Foreign Minister and PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said all three major parties in the country had suffered from the imbalance in the relationship with the military and urged efforts to rectify the past mistakes.
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Pakistan President condemns harassment and torture of journalists
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): Pakistani President Arif Alvi on Thursday expressed alarm and deep concern about the rising trend of harassment and torture against journalists in the country.
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Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif blames Imran Khan-led PTI govt for delay in Gwadar b
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 7 (ANI): Pakistani Prime minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered an inquiry into the "criminal delay" despite ample funds avaliable and blamed previous Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government for the slow pace in the Gwadar breakwater project, local media reported. Read More
