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Tension grips Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's district over targeted killings
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Tension gripped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram district after unidentified people killed a man and left another injured, making it the second incident of the targeted killing in a month in the district.
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Pakistan's regional political party asks poll body to postpone Sindh's ele
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): A regional party in Pakistan has urged the country's election body to postpone the local government elections in Sindh amid fear of rigging by the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party in the province, a local media reported.
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Afghanistan earthquake: Pakistan extends condolences over deaths
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Pakistan expressed condolences over the killing and damage to property caused by an earthquake in Afghanistan, according to the country's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.
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Pakistani economy crumbling due to prolonged neglect
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Pakistan is in the middle of an economic crisis and has become a net importer of oil and gas and other essentials. The energy economy was once built in the model of the US where oil was cheap and the rich moved around in costly imported cars.
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China installs over 500 surveillance cameras in Gwadar city of Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): China, the all-weather ally of Pakistan, is installing over 500 surveillance cameras in Gwadar city, fuelling speculations that it was never meant to be a port for trade. It is built like a naval base.
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Growing frustration in China over Pakistan's inability to finish CPEC proj
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], June 22 (ANI): Amid long delays in the completion of projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) from China's Xinjiang province, which was 'officially' launched in 2015 and over this, Islamabad's lackadaisical attitude had sowed the frustration in Beijing, a m
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Pakistan became world's most dangerous human rights abuser under Imran Kha
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Pakistan became one of the most dangerous human rights abusers in the world during the rule of Imran Khan, a media report said.
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Pakistan's Punjab imposes 'emergency' due to rise in rape cases
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province has decided to declare an "emergency" amid a rapid increase of reported cases of sexual abuse against women and children.
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6.1 magnitude earthquake shakes Afghanistan, Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan in the wee hours of Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Imran Khan lambasts accountability law amendments, calls for throwing incu
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 21 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday lambasted the recent amendments made by the incumbent government of Shehbaz Sharif and called for throwing rulers in jail for 'shamelessly' passing National Accountability Bureau (NAB) laws.
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Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif hints at taking 'difficult' decisions amid tough eco
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday hinted at taking "difficult" decisions to bring Pakistan out of the tough economic situation.
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1 policeman killed, 3 injured in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province te
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 21 (ANI): Pakistani policemen deployed in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province were fired upon by unidentified persons on Tuesday, resulting in the death of one cop and three injured.
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