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How human-rights activist Idris Khattak went 'missing' in Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Nov 23 (ANI) : November 13, on the Islamabad-Peshawar motorway. It is around five o'clock in the afternoon, there's a long queue at the toll plaza. The man and his driver are stuck in the queue like many others.
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Over 30 Pakistani migrants found hidden in truck in southern France
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], Nov 2 (ANI): Over 30 Pakistani migrants, including three teenagers, were found hidden in a truck after it was intercepted during a routine check on a motorway in southern France, prosecutors said on Saturday.
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9 migrants found alive inside lorry container in Kent
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kent [UK], Oct 24 (ANI): A group of nine migrants were rescued from the back of a lorry which was stopped by the police on the M20 motorway in Kent, southeast England, on Wednesday.
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Genoa bridge collapse: Italy PM declares state of emergency
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Aug 16 (ANI): Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday declared a 12-month state of emergency after a section of a motorway bridge recently collapsed in Genoa that claimed 39 lives.
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At least 35 killed after bridge collapses in Italy
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Genoa (Italy), Aug 15 (ANI): A section of Morandi motorway bridge collapsed in the Italian city of Genoa on Tuesday, killing at least 35 people.
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Highways, motorways in Pak to be closed ahead of Sharif's arrival
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Jul 12 (ANI): All national highways and motorway will remain closed ahead of Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz's arrival from London.
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Abbasi inaugurates 1st section of CPEC's superhighway
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Multan [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has inaugurated the first section of the 392-km Multan-Sukkur Motorway, which is the largest transportation infrastructure project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) On Saturday.
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National consensus required for new provinces: Pak PM
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday emphasized that the establishment of new provinces could only be done through national consensus.
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Pak NHA admits irregularities in awarding $2.9bn contract to Chinese firm
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 1 (ANI): Irregularities were conducted in the award of a 2.9 billion dollar contract to a Chinese firm for the construction of a motorway under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) near Multan-Sukkur section, Pakistan's National Highway Authority (NHA) chief
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Landslide in Uttarakhand kills five
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Uttarakhand (Pithoragarh) [India] July 5 (ANI): As many as five people were killed in a landslide that took place due to heavy rainfall near Dharchula-Twaghat motorway in Uttarakhand.
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Pak Motorway Police struggling to patrol CPEC citing insufficient resource
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): Pakistan's National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) has expressed its inability to patrol the length of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), citing insufficient funds and human resource.
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Sharif thanks China for Pak's fourth nuclear power plant
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 29 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has thanked China for extending cooperation in nuclear field and said the two countries are also actively cooperating in many other areas including construction of roads, motorways, airports and upgradation of Pakistan
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