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Pakistan: Activist Jibran Nasir slams state as Balochistan burns amid viol
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Activist Jibran Nasir slammed Pakistan's handling of Balochistan violence, accusing the state of denial and blame-shifting. He warned that repression and silencing critics block lasting peace, as kidnappings and disappearances continue to fuel fear and insecurity across the province.
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Pakistan's soaring unemployment and inflation push millions toward despair
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Pakistan is heading toward an unprecedented social and economic collapse as unemployment, inflation, and poverty spiral out of control, stated JDC Foundation General Secretary Syed Zafar Abbas on Pakistan's worsening humanitarian crisis.
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"We knew Pakistan's F-16s could carry nukes, without any doubt": Former CI
Updated : 4 months ago IST
"We knew all about the Pakistani nuclear weapons design, and we knew all about the F-16s, as you could imagine. And we knew that the F-16s were capable of delivering the Pakistani nuclear weapons as they existed at that time, without any doubt," he said.
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UN urges halt to Afghan deportations from Iran, Pakistan over rights conce
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Over 1.9 million Afghans were deported from Iran and Pakistan in seven months, prompting the UN to urge a halt to forced returns. UN rights chief Volker Turk warned that deportees face serious risks in Afghanistan and stressed that all returns must be voluntary, safe, and legal.
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Russia credits Trump in solving India-Pakistan crisis
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
"Middle East was discussed, as well as the armed conflict between India and Pakistan, which has been halted with the personal involvement of President Trump," he said.
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"Op Sindoor India's new baseline for countering terrorism linked to Pakist
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Ladwig further said that the most striking aspect of the current India-Pakistan crisis is the clear shift in India's policy on terrorism. He said that, unlike in the past, when India focused on collecting evidence, it is now taking military action.
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Pakistan receives tranche of USD 700 mn from IMF amid economic crisis
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The loan was approved after the IMF Executive Board completed its first review last week, bringing the total disbursements under the USD 3 billion Standby Arrangement (SBA) to about USD 1.9 billion.
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Pakistan's multiple crises become breeding ground for heightened faith-dri
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pakistani analyst Imtiaz Gul, Executive Director of the Center for Research and Security Studies, Islamabad, wrote for East Asia Forum in March that terrorist attacks peaked in 2013, averaging just under four attacks a day, with nearly 2700 total fatalities.
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Imran Khan's arrest shifts limelight from elections in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has shifted the limelight from the issue of elections in the country quite effectively as the ongoing political turmoil is the talk of the town, Asian Lite reported.
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Pakistan yearly wastes food worth USD four billion: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
As per the report by Pakistan's Ministry of National Food Security and Research, Pakistan wastes 26 per cent of its food production i.e., 19.6 million tonnes yearly, the report revealed.
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Increasing vulnerability will force Pakistan deeper into debt, say speaker
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The seminar, organised jointly by the Wilson Centre, Washington, and the International Academy of Letters (IAL), USA, tried to explore how to promote US- Pakistan relations after the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.
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Pakistan crisis deep enough to attract military takeover, warns former PM
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Speaking on Dawn News English show 'Spotlight', the PML-N leader made it clear that martial law always remained a possibility if the system failed or when there was a conflict between institutions and the political leadership was unable to chart a way forward.
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