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Heavy rains wreak havoc across Pakistan, leave 7 dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhw
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Heavy rains battered large parts of Pakistan over the weekend, flooding roads and damaging homes, with at least eight people reported dead in Dera Ismail Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
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WHO reports health challenges for Afghan returnees from Pakistan, Iran
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Afghan returnees from Pakistan and Iran are facing severe healthcare challenges, including shortages of essential medicines, female health staff, gender-sensitive services, isolation facilities, trauma care, and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), Khaama news reported, citing
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PIA staff involved in gold smuggling attempt, arrested
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has made a significant bust at Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar, foiling a gold smuggling attempt involving two Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees, ARY News reported.
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Pakistan: Over 120 dead in Punjab as torrential rains, floods wreak havoc
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
More than 120 people have lost their lives across Pakistan's Punjab province over the past six weeks due to intense monsoon rains and flash floods that have inundated both rural and urban regions, according to official data, The Express Tribune reported.
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WHO highlights health struggles faced by returnees in Afghanistan
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised concerns over serious health service gaps affecting Afghan returnees, particularly those coming back from Pakistan and Iran, Khaama Press reported.
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KP government launches salary deduction scheme to support flood victims
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has launched a relief effort for flood victims by deducting salaries from public and semi-government employees.
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Pakistan, Bangladesh sign six agreements to boost trade, diplomacy, cultur
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Following delegation-level talks in Dhaka, the signing of the agreements was overseen by Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar and Bangladesh's Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain.
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Pakistan: Over 330 lives lost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa floods
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The flood situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remains dire, with the provincial health department's report confirming 335 fatalities and 356 injuries, ARY News reported on Sunday, citing the provincial health department's report.
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Pakistan: Man chops off wife's leg over minor dispute
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A man has been arrested after an encounter with the Saddar police in Pakistan, over allegedly chopping off his wife's leg over a minor dispute.
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JSMM leader Shafi Burfat appeals to UN for intervention against "systemati
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The appeal also condemned the political suppression that Burfat described as Punjabi imperialism enforced through Pakistan's military, which he claimed is dominated by Punjabis.
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Monsoon woes: 19,000 evacuated as Pakistan's Punjab on high alert for floo
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Punjab government on Saturday evacuated thousands of people along the Sutlej River. Rescue 1122 spokesperson Farooq Ahmad said that over 19,000 people were evacuated from multiple flood-affected areas of the province.
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Pakistan: Train drivers threaten nationwide strike over 'defective' wagons
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Train drivers are expressing their strong dissatisfaction over being held accountable for recent derailments and accidents, and they have warned of launching a nationwide strike if Pakistan Railways (PR) continues to utilise 'defective' wagons.
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