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Pakistan: Inflation rises for fifth consecutive week
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 6 (ANI): Inflation in Pakistan increased for the fifth consecutive week as the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) posted an increase of 0.67 per cent for the week ending on November 4, reported local media citing the data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS
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US Congress passes USD 1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 6 (ANI): After months of internal deliberations among the Democrats, Congress has passed a USD 1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill which now heads to President Biden's desk to be signed into law, reported local media.
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Pakistan's Punjab cabinet approves recommendations to lift ban on TLP
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 6 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab cabinet has approved the recommendations for lifting the ban on Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), local media reported on Friday.
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Taliban bars women from operating as aid workers in Afghanistan: Human Rig
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 6 (ANI): Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that the Taliban has prohibited Afghan women from "operating as aid workers," which is preventing the desperately needed lifesaving aid from reaching Afghans, reported a local media.
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Pak opposition parties discuss strategy to counter Imran Khan govt in Parl
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 6 (ANI): Pakistan leader of the opposition, Shehbaz Sharif (PML-N) held telephonic talks with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and devised a joint strategy to counter Imran Khan government in the Parliament against the rising inflati
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Pak opposition slams Imran Khan govt over hike in petrol prices
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 6 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif has lashed out at Prime Minister Imran Khan-led ruling PTI government over hike in petroleum prices and said people are being crushed due to inflation, local media reported.
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Kabul residents face difficulties withdrawing money from banks, say will n
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 5 (ANI): A number of Kabul residents on Thursday said that they no longer want to keep their money in the country's banks as they are facing difficulties in withdrawing their money, local media reported.
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Pak Opposition lashes out at Imran Khan govt, terms fuel price hike 'petro
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 5 (ANI): Following the recent hike in petroleum prices up to Pakistani Rupees 8.14 per litre, the opposition leaders on Friday lashed out at the Imran Khan government and termed the hike "petrol bomb", local media reported.
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Pakistan's Sindh wastes over 700,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], November 5 (ANI): A whopping 760,935 doses of different Covid-19 vaccines have been wasted in Pakistan's Sindh due to the "incompetent handling" and non-maintenance of vaccine temperature and cold chain issues, reported local media.
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Pak: Punjab govt transfers 30 police officers following TLP protests
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], November 5 (ANI): In the wake of violent protests of the proscribed group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the Punjab government has transferred 30 officers in a clean sweep of Lahore police commanders, local media reported on Friday.
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Pakistan: Opposition leader calls Imran Khan's Rs 120 billion relief packa
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], November 5 (ANI): Pakistan's opposition leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has slammed the Rs 120 billion "relief package" announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan and called it a "pack of lies", reported a local media.
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Pakistan records 515 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 5 (ANI): Pakistan reported 515 new COVID-19 infections in the county in the last 24 hours, while 11 patients succumbed to the viral infection, reported a local media citing the statistics shared by National Command and Operation Centre.
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