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Pak to seek loan from Russia for 'strategic' pipeline project
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 25 (ANI): Four-day talks between Pakistan and the Russian Federation are scheduled to commence on October 25 and are expected to last till October 29. The talks aim to finalise the shareholdings agreement on a strategic project, reported The News citing an offic
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Pakistan: Hardline Islamist group threatens stage-in until release of chie
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], October 25 (ANI): The Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a proscribed hardline Islamist group, warned on Sunday that its workers will stage a sit-in in Muridke near the city of Lahore and then move to Islamabad by Tuesday evening.
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Around 50,000 traders lose jobs due to closure of Chaman crossing at Pak-A
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 25 (ANI): Around 50,000 small and medium traders have lost their jobs due to the closing of the Chaman border crossing at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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Pak leader of the Oppn says entire govt needs to be sent packing over infl
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): Lashing out at the Imran Khan government for failing to control rising inflation, Pakistan's leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif said that there is a dire need for the "entire government" to be "sent packing" and any delay in the matter will be "gr
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Pakistan: Policeman on polio vaccination duty killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): A Pakistani constable, who was on polio vaccination duty, on Sunday was killed by unidentified gunmen in Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Under pressure, Imran Khan govt plans to release banned outfit's leader
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): Apparently giving in to pressure from the proscribed hardline Islamist group, Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad said Sunday all the cases against the protestors of Tehreek-i-Labbik Pakistan (TLP) will be dropped by Wednesday.
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Asia Internet Coalition raises concern over Pakistani data protection bill
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) has raised concern over the draft of the Pakistan personal data protection bill, 2021, and called it "vague" and made recommendations to bring it at par with the world standard.
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China to resume work on Dasu hydropower project
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): The Chinese firm that had stopped work on the Dasu hydropower project citing "security concerns" has said that it will resume its work from October 25, local media reported on Sunday.
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Pak opposition alliance stages protest in Sialkot against Imran Khan govt'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): Pakistan's opposition alliance, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), on Saturday staged demonstrations in Sialkot city of Punjab province against the Imran Khan-led government's failure to control rising inflation, unemployment and economic devastat
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Pakistan logs 591 new COVID-19 cases, 18 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Pakistan reported 591 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Sunday.
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PML-N says Imran govt costing Pak billions, urges people to protest over e
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): Lashing out at the Imran Khan government over rising inflation, economic catastrophe, unemployment and other issues, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stressed that the current government needs a complete holiday and has asked the people to get out
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Dengue cases continue to rise in Pakistan's capital
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): Dengue cases are on the rise in Pakistan's capital as Islamabad recorded fresh 146 cases in the past 24-hour period on Sunday while one man died, reported local media.
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