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Shia Hazara minority protests killings in Pak terror attacks
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 21 (ANI): The Hazaras of Pakistan, a Shia minority regarded by extreme Sunnis as non-Islamic and persecuted for decades, and the diaspora in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia are commemorating the victims of two terrorist attacks in 20
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Pakistan court hands death penalty to woman on blasphemy charges
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 20 (ANI): A Pakistan sessions court in Rawalpindi recently handed the death penalty to a Muslim woman on charges of blasphemy.
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Pakistan's economic struggle continues under Imran Khan's PTI government
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 20 (ANI): Pakistan economic struggle has started to increase under Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) compounding with the increase in domestic inflation rates and external loan defaulting.
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Pakistan's income-expense gap widens to Rs 1.8 trillion causing budget def
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 20 (ANI): Pakistan's federal budget deficit in the first half of the current fiscal year shot up to Rs 1.8 trillion, a 29 per cent jump compared to the same period of the previous year, despite a slowdown in development spending and double-digit growth in revenu
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Pakistan records 6,808 new COVID-19 cases, second-highest daily case count
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 20 (ANI): Pakistan recorded 6,808 new COVID-19 cases, the second-highest daily case count since the coronavirus pandemic started in 2020, local media reported on Thursday.
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Over 50 Sindhi nationalists booked for sedition in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] January 20 (ANI): Over 50 Sindhi nationalists were booked for raising "anti-Pakistan" slogans in Sann town of Jamshoro district on the eve of the 118th birth anniversary of veteran nationalist leader G M Syed, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said, adding that among t
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Pakistan: 15 officials removed after Murree tragedy
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 20 (ANI): Fifteen officials have been removed from their positions in line with recommendations of the inquiry committee probing the Murree snowfall tragedy, local media has reported.
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Pak sees 30 pc spike in mental illnesses due to COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): Pakistan witnessed a spike of 30 per cent in mental illnesses due to COVID-19 in recent months, according to national and international health specialists and recent surveys conducted by the Sindh Mental Health Authority, a state-run government organiz
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Pak imposes restrictions on schools, weddings, gyms amid fifth wave of COV
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): As Pakistan faces the fifth wave of the deadly pandemic, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) imposed further restrictions on schools, weddings and gyms especially in cities with a Covid-19 positivity ratio of over 10 per cent on Wednesday.
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Pak responsible for the mess in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): Pakistan is primarily responsible for the mess in Afghanistan and until and unless Afghanistan is freed from the malign influence and interference of Pakistan, even the best-intentioned aid and relief program will fail, reported Times of Israel.
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Pakistan Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan's leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, has tested positive for the COVID-19 again as last year in June he had been infected with the virus, reported local media.
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Political uncertainty continues in Pakistan ahead of next year's general e
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): Pakistani politics has never managed to break out of the vicious cycle of back-room deals. The rhetoric one hears from political leaders is extremely deceptive. With the general elections approaching, the political atmosphere has become more pernicious
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