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Pakistan: Political parties join protests over inflated-electricity bills
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Adding to the ongoing protest on inflated power bills, political party activists joined the common citizens in staging demonstrations in the provincial capital and other regions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reported The News International.
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WHO extends travel restrictions on Pakistan for another 3 months
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The decision was made during a meeting of the World Health Organisation (WHO)-convened Emergency Committee for the 2005 International Health Regulations, which monitors the spread of the poliovirus worldwide.
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Pakistan: Two policemen killed, 3 injured in terrorist attack on police ve
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
At least two policemen were killed and three sustained injuries in a terrorist attack on a police vehicle in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News reported.
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Pakistan: Delegation from Christian community calls on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A delegation from Pakistan’s Christian community called on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam over the Jaranwala incident in which 19 churches and multiple houses were gutted in a suspected arson by a mob, Radio Pakistan reported on Monday.
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Russian tourist couple complains of harassment by Pak police
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Slava Skolaniya — a Russian man who is in Pakistan for tourism with his wife told Dawn, “We were travelling in Khyber’s Jamrud when we were intercepted by police personnel who questioned us aggressively and ordered us to not go ahead from there onwards.”
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Pakistan: Massive protests over inflated electricity bills in Khyber Pakht
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Following the surge in electricity bills carrying seven different levies, caused widespread protest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reported The News International.
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Pakistan cable car mishap: Ordeal ends with all passengers, mostly childre
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pakistani rescuers saved all the passengers, including 7 children and one man, after their cable was stranded high since early Tuesday morning in Allai tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Battagram, ending an ordeal lasting more than 14 hours.
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Pakistan: Security forces kill four 'terrorists' in South Waziristan
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement, "On 22 August 2023, [a] fire exchange took place between own troops and terrorists in general area Asman Manza, South Waziristan District."
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Pakistan mishap: 5 children rescued from hanging cable car, efforts underw
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Dawn cited state broadcaster PTV News as reporting that the aerial operation had been “called off” due to “night and weather conditions” but rescue efforts through “alternative means” were ongoing.
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Pakistani university shuts courses on journalism, social work due to low s
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The dropped subjects included statistics, journalism, social work, Arabic, diagnostic medical sonography and clinical laboratory science.
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Pakistan: Two terrorists killed during operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Two terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation in the Bara area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district, Dawn reported on Saturday citing Pakistan military’s media wing.
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Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa interim cabinet takes oath
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Governor Ghulam Ali administered the oath in a ceremony held at the Governor’s house and was attended by KP caretaker chief minister Mohammad Azam Khan and others.
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