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Malala features as British Vogue's July cover star
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): Activist and youngest Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, an advocate for girls' education and women's equality became the cover star for British magazine Vogue in its 2021 July edition.
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4 Pak soldiers killed, 8 injured in terror attacks in Balochistan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 1 (ANI): Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and eight others suffered injuries in two terrorist attacks in Balochistan on Monday night.
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Opposition rejects Pak govt bid to postpone PoK elections
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 1 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Monday said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has rejected the federal government's bid to delay the upcoming polls in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) due to COVID-19.
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Pak's popular news anchor taken off air for speaking against media curbs
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 31 (ANI): A popular news anchor in Pakistan has been taken off the air for three days after he spoke against the rising curbs on freedom of expression in the country.
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Pak opposition rejects govt's proposed media ordinance, calls it 'draconia
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 31 (ANI): Pakistan's opposition parties have rejected the Imran Khan government's newly proposed media ordinance, with both PPP and PML-N criticising the ordinance on Monday.
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Shehbaz Sharif directs party to expose Pak govt's 'dismal, disastrous econ
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 31 (ANI): As the Pakistan government and the opposition continued to trade barbs regarding the country's prevailing economic situation, opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif directed his party members to "expose the government's dismal and disastrous economic performance
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Pakistan economic crisis intensifies as China refuses to provide debt reli
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): Bankrupt Pakistan's debt problems seem to be escalating as it is all weather-ally China has declined to restructure USD 3 billion in liabilities.
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Regulatory body in Pakistan rushes to register Pfizer vaccine after shipme
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) is rushing to register the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, after a shipment with 100,000 doses of the vaccine arrived in the country, under the COVAX initiative, without any clearance.
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Prices of petrol, diesel in Pakistan likely to increase from June 1
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): Amid high levels of inflation in Pakistan, the country's Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has sent a summary to the Petroleum Division to revise the prices of petroleum products from June 1.
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Civil, rights body in Pakistan condemn new media ordinance
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): A collective group of civil and rights bodies in Pakistan has outrightly rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) Ordinance 2021 that the country's federal government intends to impose.
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Pakistan: Over dozen students arrested in Islamabad after protest against
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): Over a dozen students were arrested and scores of motorcycles were impounded after police sought to disperse protesters at Islamabad's Faizabad Interchange against the federal government's decision to hold in-person exams of classes 10 and 12 from June 23,
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Islamabad severs ties with Afghan NSA for terming Pakistan as "brothel hou
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 30 (ANI): Islamabad severed ties with Hamdullah Mohib, the National Security Advisor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for terming Pakistan as "brothel house".
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