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Pak Cabinet decides to take up election funds matter in Parliament
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court last week directed the federal government to provide PKR 21 billion in funds by April 10 to the ECP, directing the electoral body to present a report on the issue by April 11, The Tribune reported.
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Pakistan: Two soldiers killed in IED explosion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As per Pakistan's army media wing, the soldiers, who were identified as Naib Subedar Hazrat Gul (37) and Sepoy Nazir Ullah Mehsud (34), were killed in the blast from an improvised explosive device (IED).
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Delay in election in Pakistan can lead to political instability
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
After the postponement of elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP), the political climate in the country has further deteriorated, reported Daily Times.
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Pakistan: Shortage of water to affect Kharif crops
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The water regulator, however, could not bridge differences between the two large provinces over the conveyance losses. As a result, the meeting set up a committee led by IRSA's member for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa "to determine actual system conveyance losses to resolve the issue", the regulator sa
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Over 1 million Afghan refugees trapped between hostile Pakistan and Taliba
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Afghan refugees first became an effective tool for Pakistan to have influence in Afghanistan and advance its strategic interest of keeping Kabul as its "strategic backyard.
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Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker government orders to halt 'image-bu
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a letter, addressed to the planning and development department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's information department said that in the wake of the "current economic crisis followed by the unavailability of funds," it had been decided to wind up the project immediately.
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Pak: Shangla lady health workers resume strike over unpaid salary
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Information Secretary of lady health workers' association, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shahid Khan told reporters that the health department had assured payment of pending salaries within seven days when the LHWs associated with the Integrated Health Project (IHP) had started refraining from their d
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Pak: Sindh High Court pulls up Police for no progress in missing persons'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Sindh High Court (SHC) pulled up Police for not presenting the progress report on the probe regarding missing persons' cases since 2015 and said that police were helpless to collect reports from internment centers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Bulletproof jackets, helmets fail to protect police personnel in
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On Tuesday, provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat Khan ordered an inquiry to check the bulletproof jackets and helmets. He further said that jammers were being installed on all armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to protect the vehicles from bomb attacks, as per the news report.
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Pakistan: Bara tribesmen protest against arrest of tribal elder in Khyber
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Elders of Maaroofkhel, Meergatkhel and Sherkhel tribes from Bara alleged that Gul was picked up from Bara bazaar by CTD sleuths on March 31 in broad daylight without presenting any FIR or citing any reason.
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Pakistan: 2 cops killed in terrorist attack outside mosque in Kohat
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Terrorism in Pakistan has been rearing its head again. Over the past few months, the law and order situation in the country -- especially in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan has worsened.
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Pakistan: 127 cops killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in first quarter of 2023
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Most attacks have taken place in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The latest incident this year occurred in Lakki Marwat two weeks ago, when a DSP and three other police officers were killed after their armoured personnel carrier was damaged by a roadside improvised explosive de
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