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Pakistan: Opposition, media bodies slam 'draconian law' placing fetters on
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Imran Khan government's efforts to regulate social media through amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) has received flak from the opposition parties as well as various media and journalists' bodies in Pakistan for shackling the
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Saudi crown prince likely to visit Pakistan in March
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is likely to visit Pakistan in March, local media reported citing official sources.
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Pak media bodies reject 'oppressive' amendments to law stifling 'defiant v
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Pakistan media bodies have rejected the oppressive amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), saying it is a flagrant move to undermine the freedom of the press, speech and defiant voices in the country, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Protest over PTI workers' killing continues in Quetta
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): Protest continued for the second consecutive day in front of the Balochistan Assembly over the killing of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party workers in the Kachhi district, local media reported on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Transport fares go up by PKR 50 in Balochistan amid rising infla
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 20 (ANI): Amid rising inflation in Pakistan, the Balochistan transporters have increased their fares by Pakistani Rs 20 to Rs 50, local media reported on Sunday.
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Four Chinese fighter jets enter Taiwan's air defense identification zone
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 20 (ANI): Four Chinese fighter jets entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Friday, local media reported.
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Pakistan: PTI, JUI-F united by misogyny as they oppose 'Aurat March'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 20 (ANI): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and opposition Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), which are always at loggerheads, have come together to oppose Aurat March in Pakistan, local media reported.
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Afghanistan: Members of Jogi minority demand basic necessities, rights
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 20 (ANI): The members of the Jogi ethnic minority group living in Kabul have complained of the dearth of basic living necessities amid deprivation of national identity, local media reported.
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Grenade attack in Pak's Peshawar, three cops injured
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], February 20 (ANI): Three policemen were injured in a hand-grenade attack at a police station in Pakistan's Peshawar city, local media reported.
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Pak's Jamaat-e-Islami chief terms Imran Khan-led govt as worst in country'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ameer Sirajul Haq has termed the Imran Khan led-Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government as the worst in the country's history, local media reported.
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Killing of young man in northwest Pakistan sparks protest
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): The killing of a young man by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday sparked a protest by relatives of the victim, local media reported.
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Over 60 injured in kite-flying incidents in Pakistan's Rawalpindi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): As many as 65 people were injured in kite-flying related incidents in Pakistan's Rawalpindi during the celebration of the Basant festival, local media reported on Friday.
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