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Pakistan petrol price hike: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto takes a jibe and c
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1(ANI): After Pakistan's Finance division issued a notification announcing a hike in petrol and HSD (High-speed diesel) by Rs 4 per litre, the reactions from Opposition parties are rife.
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Pakistan faces 5th COVID-19 wave amid COVID spike
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): In view of the rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19, Pakistan is now facing the fifth wave of coronavirus, and cases may peak in late January or early February, local media reported citing health experts.
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Pakistan: One dead, 17 injured in celebratory gunfire on New Year's eve
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): At least one was killed and 17 people suffered bullet injuries on New Year's eve during the "celebratory gunfire" in Pakistan's Karachi, local media reported on Saturday.
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Enforced disappearances remain a taint on Pakistan's human rights record:
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): Pakistan mocks the United Nations concern over enforced disappearances, which continues to be practised with impunity in the country, according to a Canada-based think tank, which says that these practices remain a taint on Islamabad's human rights reco
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Taliban prevents border fencing with Pakistan meant to divide Pashtuns: Re
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): The recent incidents on the Afghan-Pak border has brought to light the age-old issue of Durand Line that Pakistan had hoped to resolve with the Taliban holding the reins in Kabul.
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Imran govt is turning Pakistan's State Bank into bank of IMF, says PML-N l
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1(ANI): Lambasting the new bill in Pakistan's National Assembly, the country's former Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said that with the government's unveiling of a new amendment bill the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has "now become the State Bank of IMF."
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Pakistan again hikes prices of petroleum products amid rising inflation
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): Pakistan has again hiked the prices of petroleum products amid uproar by opposition leaders against the rising inflation in the country, reported local media.
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Pakistan's human rights group warns of sit-in from Jan 31 if Govt fails to
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 31 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights group, the Defence of Human Rights (DHR) on Thursday appealed to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Army Chief to address the issue of enforced disappearances or else it will hold a sit-in
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Around 160 pilgrims selected by Indian organisers to go to Pak on Jan 1, I
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Around 160 Indian pilgrims, selected by Indian organisers, will cross over to Pakistan through the Wagah-Attari border on January 1, sources said on Friday and noted that Islamabad had planned to invite a select group of people from India to visit Teri
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Employees of Pakistan's Federal Directorate of Education to go on strike a
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 31(ANI): The teaching and non-teaching staff of Pakistan's Federal Directorate of Education has called out to go on strike from January 10, 2022 against the Imran Khan government over the controversial clauses of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Local Gove
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Four Pakistani soldiers killed in gunfight in North Waziristan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 31 (ANI): Four Pakistani soldiers were killed in a gunfight in North Waziristan.
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Pakistan entering New Year with severe issues including unemployment, heal
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 31 (ANI): Pakistan's struggle of maintaining its financials seems to get no relief ahead of New Year -2022 - as Islamabad topped the list of 10 countries with the highest external debt and facing waste of national resources, burgeoning population, rising unempl
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