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IMF flags deep corruption risks, urges urgent reforms to lift Pakistan's e
Updated : 6 months ago IST
The IMF's new assessment warns that Pakistan faces deep corruption and governance weaknesses and must enact urgent reforms. It says improving transparency, oversight and tax systems could raise GDP by up to 6.5 per cent, while political influence and weak institutions continue to undermine p
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Pak: Balochistan faces alarming child malnutrition crisis amid government
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Balochistan is facing a dangerously escalating child malnutrition crisis that, if left unchecked, could develop into a full-scale humanitarian disaster. A large number of children in Balochistan are suffering from severe food shortages, poverty, inadequate healthcare facilities, and a lack o
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Pak: Police tortures journalist for reporting alleged corruption of senior
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
A journalist was tortured by the Pakistan local police after exposing alleged corruption by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), ARY News reported.
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"There is no discount": Pak railway passengers on 30 pc cut in rail fares
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Pakistani administration announced in the last month a price reduction of 30 per cent addressing the increase in travellers on Eid this year. However, passengers have claimed that all these announcements are not real, and instead, they were just vague promises.
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Guided by opportunism, Pakistan made mockery of quake aid to Turkey: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As the rest of the world raced to aid Turkey, Pakistani institutions and leaders were seen taking advantage of the tragedy to forward their own agenda on divisive subjects like Kashmir.
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Pak MQM leader Altaf Hussain calls for documentation of plundered taxpayer
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Elite plunderers must be brought in tax net Altaf Hussain's letter to the IMF's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva
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Islamabad High Court to announce verdict on PTI's prohibited funding case
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In August 2022, the election commission issued a show-cause notice to the PTI after it concluded that the party received funding from prohibited sources. The notice was later challenged in the IHC.
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Pak interior minister eggs on Imran Khan to dissolve provincial assemblies
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Pakistan interior minister alleged that Imran Khan "will try to find an excuse that some no-confidence motion appears or a direction from the governor arrives" so Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi could "have an excuse" to continue his tenure.
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"We are afraid that the country is sinking" warns former Pak PM Imran Khan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Imran Khan also reiterated his demand for free and fair elections, warning the country might sink otherwise. He said free and fair elections were the only solution to the country's problems and said the government was "afraid" of new elections due to the fear of losing, Dawn reported.
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Imran Khan to dissolve Punjab, KP assemblies on Dec 23
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Imran Khan on Saturday made the announcement to dissolve the assemblies of the provinces where they rule -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab on December 23 in a video address with Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan by his side.
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Imran Khan decides to quit all assemblies where PTI is in power
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday announced that his party has decided not to remain part of the current political system and will instead resign from all the assemblies.
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Pakistan: Corruption in Girls Degree College in Wana, teachers paid salari
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The future of girl students is in jeopardy in the Girls Degree College in Wana as teachers are paid salaries without doing their job - teaching.
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