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Pakistan: Shortage of water to affect Kharif crops
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The water regulator, however, could not bridge differences between the two large provinces over the conveyance losses. As a result, the meeting set up a committee led by IRSA's member for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa "to determine actual system conveyance losses to resolve the issue", the regulator sa
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Over 1 million Afghan refugees trapped between hostile Pakistan and Taliba
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Afghan refugees first became an effective tool for Pakistan to have influence in Afghanistan and advance its strategic interest of keeping Kabul as its "strategic backyard.
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Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker government orders to halt 'image-bu
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In a letter, addressed to the planning and development department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's information department said that in the wake of the "current economic crisis followed by the unavailability of funds," it had been decided to wind up the project immediately.
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Pak: Shangla lady health workers resume strike over unpaid salary
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Information Secretary of lady health workers' association, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shahid Khan told reporters that the health department had assured payment of pending salaries within seven days when the LHWs associated with the Integrated Health Project (IHP) had started refraining from their d
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Pak: Sindh High Court pulls up Police for no progress in missing persons'
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Sindh High Court (SHC) pulled up Police for not presenting the progress report on the probe regarding missing persons' cases since 2015 and said that police were helpless to collect reports from internment centers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Bulletproof jackets, helmets fail to protect police personnel in
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
On Tuesday, provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat Khan ordered an inquiry to check the bulletproof jackets and helmets. He further said that jammers were being installed on all armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to protect the vehicles from bomb attacks, as per the news report.
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Pakistan: Bara tribesmen protest against arrest of tribal elder in Khyber
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Elders of Maaroofkhel, Meergatkhel and Sherkhel tribes from Bara alleged that Gul was picked up from Bara bazaar by CTD sleuths on March 31 in broad daylight without presenting any FIR or citing any reason.
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Pakistan: 2 cops killed in terrorist attack outside mosque in Kohat
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Terrorism in Pakistan has been rearing its head again. Over the past few months, the law and order situation in the country -- especially in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan has worsened.
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Pakistan: 127 cops killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in first quarter of 2023
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Most attacks have taken place in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The latest incident this year occurred in Lakki Marwat two weeks ago, when a DSP and three other police officers were killed after their armoured personnel carrier was damaged by a roadside improvised explosive de
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Chinese national detained in Pakistan for possessing firearms
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Chinese national, identified as Li Shing Lee, was also booked under the charges of carrying a pistol and cartridges without a license and the Foreigners Act for failing to produce travel documents.
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Pakistan's terrified Sikh community fears for its safety
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As targeting killings against Sikh community are on rise in Pakistan, the minority communities and especially Sikhs are feeling insecure as Pakistan government's failure to protect minorities are encouraging perpetrators to act with impunity.
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Pakistan: Rights activists raise concern over targeted killing of minoriti
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Minority rights activists have raised concern over the targeted killing of non-Muslims in Peshawar and have demanded the provincial government to take immediate steps to arrest the killers and to provide compensation to the families concerned
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