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Pakistan court sentences man to death for killing his employer over blasph
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): A Pakistan anti-terrorism court has sentenced a man to death for killing his employer over blasphemy allegations.
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Human rights situation remains alarming in Pakistan says report
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Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights scenario remains alarming with issues like marginalisation of communities and groups and increasing instances of honour killing as well as the poor state of religious minorities among others continue unabated in 2020, according to
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PoK Prime Minister warns Imran Khan govt against 'stealing' elections
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Raja Farooq Haider, so-called 'Prime Minister' of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), has warned of strong resistance against the Pakistan government's attempts to "steal" the forthcoming general elections in the region.
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Protests erupt against rising lawlessness in Pakistan's Sindh
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI):People gathered in large numbers to protest at the municipal committee in Naundero of Sindh province, against lawlessness alleging that the police was supporting criminals, a local newspaper reported.
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US pressure won't change Pakistan ties with China, says PM Imran Khan
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Clarifying stand over China-Pakistan ties, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that it was very unfair of the United States and Western powers to force countries like Pakistan to take sides and downgrade their ties with China.
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Afghan official praises Pak minister for admitting Islamabad provides safe
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Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (ANI): Pakistani interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has received praise from Afghan officials for admitting that Pakistan provides safe haven to Taliban terrorists.
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2 Pakistani soldiers killed in fighting along Afghanistan border
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with terrorists across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district on Wednesday.
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Pak minister decries Sindh High Court order to ban TikTok, calls for judic
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has slammed the recent Sindh High Court's decision to ban the Chinese app TikTok, saying the country has suffered losses worth billions of dollars due to "judicial activism".
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Pak opposition terms Budget 2021-22 'illegal', alleges Imran govt robbed m
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Pakistan opposition parties on Tuesday slammed the passing of the federal budget for the financial year 2021-22 and said that it is "illegal" and has "robbed the members' right to vote in the National Assembly.
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Pakistan's external debt likely to increase as dependence on foreign loans
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Pakistan's external debt is likely to increase in the near future as it is under compulsion to borrow more and more every year to repay its outstanding external loans, finance its current account and build its forex reserves.
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Terrorists from Afghanistan posing threat to our security, says Pakistan F
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Amid the recent surge in violence in Afghanistan, Pakistan has said that some 5,000 terrorists belonging to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were posing a threat to its security from their "sanctuaries" in the neighbouring country.
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Prices of petroleum products in Pakistan likely to increase from July 1
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): Amid high levels of inflation in Pakistan, the country's Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has suggested hiking the price of petroleum products in the country from July 1.
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