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Ruble collapses on Thursday morning, Russian stock exchange suspends trade
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 24 (ANI): The Russian ruble collapsed on Thursday morning after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine, local media reported.
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Pak's oil industry warns of high-speed diesel shortage
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Pakistan's oil industry has warned the Imran Khan led-PTI government and the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) that a crisis is looming in high-speed diesel (HSD) supplies, especially during the peak harvest season, due to a host of external and
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Pak journalists to stage sit-in outside parliament on March 1 against drac
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Pakistan journalists have decided to stage a sit-in outside parliament on March 1 against a recently promulgated ordinance introducing "controversial" amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), reported local media.
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Pakistan: 200 farmers arrested for protesting against hike in petroleum pr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): As many as 200 farmers were arrested in Pakistan's Lahore as they staged a sit-in protest against an exorbitant hike in petroleum prices, unavailability of fertiliser, and higher prices of compost and demanded the reversal of the government decisions,
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Pakistan: Opposition unites to oust govt trying to annex rights of the nat
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): The opposition parties in Pakistan have come together to send home the Imran Khan government, which is trying to annex the rights of the nation, local media reported.
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Islamabad HC prohibits arrests under Section 20 of new media ordinance
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday prohibited the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from making arrests under Section 20 of the recently promulgated Ordinance making amendments to the media law in the country, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Senior PPP leader Rehman Malik passes away due to COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) senior leader and former interior minister Rehman Malik passed away due to COVID-19 infection on Wednesday morning at the age of 70, local media reported.
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Girls education in jeopardy due to sexual crimes at educational institutio
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Recent cases of sexual harassment and murder of medical students in Sindh province of Pakistan shed light on the threat faced by young women pursuing higher education in the country, local media reported.
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Corruption, money laundering reaching new high in Pakistan under Imran Kha
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Under the current Imran-Khan government, corruption and money laundering are the 'most important issues faced by Pakistan, local media reported.
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Afghanistan: People hold protests demanding release of funds frozen by US
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 22 (ANI): Expressing their ire over the US' decision to preserve billions of frozen assets for the victims of the 9/11 attacks, a number of Afghan men and women held protests on Monday, reported local media.
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Amendment to media law yet another desperate attempt of Imran Khan govt to
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): Imran Khan government bringing in the amendment in the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, PECA (2016) through an ordinance is a clear indication of the government's desperation to avoid any parliamentary discussion on a law that has direct implicati
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Pakistan: Journalist bodies walkout of meeting with Imran Khan govt over
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): Denouncing the law placing fetters on the fundamental rights of citizens, representatives of media and journalist organizations in Pakistan on Monday, walked out of a meeting with the officials of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, reported
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