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Pakistan runs disinformation campaign against India after row over remarks
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Pakistan is once again using social media to defame India after row over remarks on Prophet Mohammad by suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma during a TV debate as the majority of the users who interacted on the hashtag were from Pakistan, reported Digital Fo
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Pakistan leans on Qatar for LNG amid falling foreign currency reserves
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Saturday that Pakistan will seek a deferred payment plan for liquefied natural gas (LNG) bought under long-term deals with Qatar as the nation's economy continues to stay in the doldrums while it awaits IMF funds ami
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Imran 'ordered' Azadi March protestors to charge towards D-Chowk: Islamaba
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): According to a report submitted by the Islamabad police to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, former Prime Minister Imran Khan "ordered" the "Azadi March" protestors to rush towards the D-Chowk instead of holding the protests at the designated venue.
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Pakistan's unemployment woes: 27.6 pc rise in people seeking jobs overseas
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): The number of Pakistanis seeking jobs abroad in the year 2021 has risen to 27.6 per cent as compared to the previous year, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Sindh accused of stealing Balochistan's water
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Blaming the Indus River System Authority (ISRA) for its failure in ensuring a fair distribution of water among Pakistan's provinces, lawmakers of Pakistan's Balochistan have accused Sindh province of stealing water share.
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Pakistan sets aside PKR 1.52 trillion for defence spending
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistani government has proposed an allocation of PKR 1.523 trillion for defence services for the fiscal year 2022-23, with an increase of 11.16 per cent over the initial allocation for the outgoing year (2021-22), according to local media.
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Pakistan's Punjab gets lion's share in budgetary distribution
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province got a huge share of 51.74 per cent in the budgetary distribution of resources among the federation and provinces, depicting the favourable behaviours of Shehbaz Sharif-led country's government as his son Hamza Shahbaz is the Chi
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Pakistani American delegation's visit to Israel sparks debate over normali
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): The visit of 15 members of a Pakistani American delegation to Israel last month has mainstreamed the debate surrounding the formalization of ties between the two countries.
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Money laundering case: Pak court reverses verdict over bail pleas of PM, P
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistan special court on Saturday reserved the verdict on the bail pleas of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz in a money laundering case.
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Pakistan reports 73 fresh COVID cases
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistan reported 73 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the country's ministry of health said on Saturday.
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Pakistan going through 'very difficult' phase, says FM Ismail a day after
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistan is going through a "very difficult" phase, said the country's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Saturday, a day after he presented the federal budget 2022-23 in the National Assembly.
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Pakistan rejects Washington's report on religious freedom
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistani Foreign Ministry on Friday rejected Washington's report on the deteriorating religious freedom in Pakistan, saying that it is an "arbitrary" assessment of the prevailing rights situation in the country.
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