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International Crisis Group urges Pakistan to pressure Taliban to reduce vi
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 1 (ANI): The Brussels-based group International Crisis Group (ICG) on Thursday urged Islamabad to pressure the Taliban into reducing violence in Afghanistan.
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Experts believe Pakistan's nuclear stockpile growing steadily
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): Pakistan is developing a robust nuclear capability that can not only deter but fight a nuclear war but the problem is that it is also dealing with internal security issues that could threaten the integrity of its nuclear arsenal.
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Almost 40 million children in Pakistan did not receive polio vaccinations:
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said in an annual report that almost 40 million children in Pakistan did not receive polio vaccinations between April and June amid the COVID-19 outbreak, when all polio campaigns were suspended.
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Pakistan's pace of COVID-19 vaccination remains 'very slow'
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): Pakistan has vaccinated around five per cent of its total population and 10 per cent of those eligible with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Yet, it still remains one of the low-ranked countries where the pace of vaccination remains very slow.
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Pakistan: Police use force to disperse protest against physical exams amid
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): Police in Pakistan's capital Islamabad resorted to using force to disperse a protest against holding in-person examinations for classes 9 to 12 scheduled to begin later this month amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A dozen students were temporarily detained.
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Imran Khan once again ignores China's genocide of Uyghurs, says he believe
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Despite the overwhelming evidence of China's genocide of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Pakistan has said it believes in Beijing's version regarding the treatment of minorities in the region.
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Despite hike in education budgets, Pak remains worst country in terms of c
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Although Pakistan's education budgets have increased upto 2.8 per cent, the country still has the world's second-highest number of out-of-school children (OOSC) due to disparities in gender, socio-economic status, geography and availability of quality educ
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Pakistan suffers from extreme trust deficit, says analyst
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Pakistan suffers from an extreme trust deficit, as ties between the province and the centre has hit a new low with differences emerging between organs of the state, apex institutions and the federating units, according to a leading analyst.
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Bilawal Zardari: Imran Khan's regime made life living hell for masses in n
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday accused the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for making "life a living hell for the masses in the name of Naya Pakistan."
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Islamabad HC warns Pak's FIA against misuse of authority, threatens heavy
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday warned Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) cybercrime wing to exercise its powers judiciously or else the court would impose a heavy fine on the investigation officers for misuse of authority.
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Imran Khan government has promoted religious bigotry in Pakistan, says ana
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), aggravated obscurantism, and unabashed bigotry since coming to power.
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Pakistan was 'bad-mouthed', says Imran Khan as he rules out allying with U
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Pakistan would never again partner with the United States in war, said Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday and added that as a Pakistani he had never felt more "insulted" than when his country decided to join the United States war on terror.
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