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Pakistan economic crisis: Stampede at flour bags distribution
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A man was killed in Charsadda, and several others were injured in Swabi and Kohat. Another man in Bannu died after the boundary wall of a flour mill collapsed ahead of flour distribution. In the Hasilpur Tehsil of southern Punjab, at least five women were injured in a stampede at a free flou
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Pakistan: PTI approaches SC against Election Commission's decision to dela
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) against the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision to delay the provincial elections in Punjab, The Express Tribune reported.
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Pak: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor urges Election Commission to hold polls i
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the Geo News, in the letter to the Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, the Governor said that it would be in the "best public interest as well as in the interest of the state" if the election will take place on October 8 instead of the previous date, which he had s
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Pakistan: After Punjab, ECP delays Khyber Pakhtunkhwa polls
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
After Punjab, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided not to conduct polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, shifting them to October, Geo News reported local media reports.
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Pakistan: Over 300 including PTI supporters arrested over Saturday's viole
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
More than 300 PTI workers including government officials were detained by Islamabad police for creating ruckus at Islamabad Judicial Complex, Pakistan based Dawn reported.
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Tribal communities facing confusion, dislocation ever since FATA-Khyber Pa
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
With Pakistan wanting greater control over them, the people are suspicious that a greater agenda is at play. They are afraid to become another helpless appendage of Pakistan, just like Gilgit-Baltistan or Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, reported The Pakistan Military Monitor.
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Pashtun activist at UN exposes Pakistan's ties with Tehreek-e-Taliban Paki
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In his intervention Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi said, "We would like to turn the council's attention towards a deteriorating security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Pakistan having grave implications for the basic fundamental rights and lives of Pashtun ethnic minority."
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At least 3 killed, 44 injured in Afghanistan earthquake
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The death toll stands at three after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 jolted Afghanistan on Tuesday, Khaama Press reported citing the Taliban-led Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan.
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9 killed, over 150 injured as 6.8 magnitude quake rattles Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
At least 9 people were killed and over 150 injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 jolted several parts of Pakistan on Tuesday night, Geo News reported citing the authorities.
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Pakistan: Authorities impose Section 144, ban public gatherings in Peshawa
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The deputy commissioner has warned that legal action will be taken under Section 188 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) in case of any violation.
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Pakistan: Authorities ban public gatherings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Lakki Marwat deputy commissioner Abdul Hadi and Bannu deputy commissioner Manzoor Afridi on Saturday imposed a ban on the assembly of more than five people in their respective districts for five days, Dawn reported.
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Cannot guarantee peace during polls: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa officials to Pak p
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a brief to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief secretary and inspector general of police has said that they cannot guarantee peace amid an excessive surge in terrorism in the region, Geo News reported.
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