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Chinese PM presses Shehbaz Sharif to punish Karachi university blast culpr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday talked over the phone with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and repeated his government's demand for punishment for those involved in the attack on Chinese teachers at Karachi University.
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Pak regulatory body warns TV channels to avoid airing content against army
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): A key Pakistan regulatory authority has issued directives to TV channels across the country to refrain from telecasting content against state institutions, including Army and Judiciary.
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Norwegian investigating Baloch disappearances in Pakistan brutally torture
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): A Norwegian national and Human Rights Activist Ehsan Arjemandi, who went to Pakistan to investigate a large number of enforced disappearances of Baloch people was arbitrarily detained and brutally tortured.
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Imran Khan's erstwhile government procured USD 52 billion in loans
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): The erstwhile Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government tops the list amongst the last four administrations in the country with the highest external borrowing of around USD 52 billion in its three-year rule, a media report said.
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15,000 more govt schools needed to enrol 4.7 m out-of-school children in P
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Pakistan's Elementary and Secondary Education (E and SE) Department needs to establish over 15,000 additional government schools for enrolling a total of 4.7 million out-of-school children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to an internal assessment
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Journalists union calls on Pakistan govt to revoke laws gagging media free
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Sunday called upon the government to revoke the 'black laws' gagging media freedom in the country and also asked it to ensure the complete freedom of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PE
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Chinese firm reluctant to fund CPEC project citing due payments
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): China Export and Credit Insurance company, also called Sinosure, one of the many Chinese companies that have invested in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has shown reluctance in funding a hydropower project citing due arrears from the Pakistani
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Pakistan's Sindh province faces 'calamity' like situation due to water sho
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Amid the recording-breaking temperature in the southeastern region of Pakistan, Sindh province is staring at a 'calamity' like situation due to a shortage of water.
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Chinese teachers of Confucius Institute leave Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): China has recalled instructors teaching at the Confucius Institute of the University of Karachi, who left for their country, weeks after the Karachi blast resulted in the death of three Chinese nationals.
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Imran says Bilawal to 'beg' money from Blinken during his US visit
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will "beg" for money from US Secretary Antony Blinken during former's visit to the US next week so that he (Imran Khan) could not come back into power.
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Pakistan: Shaukat Tarin takes potshot at Shehbaz Govt for its 'confusion'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Taking a jibe at contradictory statements given by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) government on fuel subsidy, the former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said that the government has no policy and is utterly confused in
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Bilawal Bhutto to embark on visit to US, China, Switzerland next week
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will embark on a visit to US, China and Switzerland next week where he will hold meetings with his counterparts in addition to attending a meeting of the World Economic Forum.
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