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Ailing Musharraf 'wants to spend rest of his life in Pakistan'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): Pakistan's former military leader Pervez Musharraf, who has been living in Dubai since 2016, has expressed his desire to spend the "rest of his life" in his home country, local media reported.
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Afghanistan: Taliban forces beat up journalist
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 15 ((ANI): Taliban forces in Afghanistan have beaten up a former reporter of Kabul News at a checkpoint of PD-5 Kabul city because he was wearing trousers, a local media reported.
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Sri Lanka declares Fridays as holiday to promote agriculture
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers has approved a proposal to declare Fridays as a holiday for government employees to encourage them to carry out agricultural work to increase production in the country, local media reported on Tuesday.
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At least 8 killed, 10 wounded in traffic accident in NW Turkey
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 8 people were killed and 10 others were wounded when a minibus was hit by a truck in Turkey's northwestern province of Balikesir on Saturday, local media reported.
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Pakistan's unemployment woes: 27.6 pc rise in people seeking jobs overseas
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): The number of Pakistanis seeking jobs abroad in the year 2021 has risen to 27.6 per cent as compared to the previous year, local media reported.
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2 Pakistani policemen killed by drug smuggler during exchange of fire
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Two Pakistani police personnel were killed in an exchange of fire with an alleged drug smuggler in Kalabat village in Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, local media reported on Saturday.
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Taliban arrest Panjshiri journalist in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 11 (ANI): The Taliban have arrested a Panjshiri journalist in Kabul while he was doing his job, local media reported amid the growing incident of human rights violations in the country.
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Baloch minister says delimitation of constituencies creates rift between t
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Member of Balochistan Assembly, Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetaran accused the Election Commission of Pakistan of trying to create differences between the communities and tribes through delimitation of national and provincial assembly constituencies, a local
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Pakistan's impending deal with Tehreek-e-Taliban makes lawmakers furious
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistan's ongoing negotiations with the terrorist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is making young lawmakers in the country furious as Islamabad has already agreed to release hundreds of detained and convicted TTP members and withdraw court cases against
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Anti-Terror Act in Pakistan occupied Gilgit-Baltistan violation of Human R
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], June 9 (ANI): According to a report by Human Rights Commission Pakistan (HRCP), the imposition of the 4th Schedule in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan is a violation of Human Rights and the fact-finding mission of the commission will raise its voice against it at ev
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Pakistan's popular TV host Amir Liaquat dies at 49 under mysterious circum
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 9 (ANI): Pakistan's former Member of the National Assembly (MNA) and popular television host Amir Liaquat, 49, passed away in Karachi under mysterious circumstances, local media reported on Thursday.
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Is Islamabad safe for a walk, ask foreign embassies in Pak amid security c
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Diplomats from over 35 countries in Islamabad have expressed concerns over the law and order and crime situation in Pakistan's federal capital, local media reported on Wednesday.
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