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Despite laws for protection, journalists facing threats in Pakistan: Repor
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Pakistan government authorities and state agencies have been accused of being involved in the persecution of journalists, including kidnapping, physical assaults and registration of serious legal cases against them such as sedition, treason and electronic crimes.
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Inappropriate expulsion of Afghan refugees from Pakistan impacting over 1.
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
On Friday, the United Nations announced that more than two million Afghans without documentation are living in Pakistan, with at least 600,000 of them leaving Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power on August 15, 2021.
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Pakistan International Airlines releases funds for two-day fuel supply
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
PIA disbursed the fuel payment worth PKR 220 million to the PSO for Saturday and Sunday. The fuel payment issue between the airline and the PSO has been resolved and the flight schedule will be returned to normal.
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Pakistan: Government employees' pen-down strike enters fourth day
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The pen-down strike in Punjab government departments entered the fourth day on Friday as the employees refused to resume work till their demands were met, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan government doubles down on policy to evict illegal immigrants
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As Pakistan's law enforcement agencies have continued their crackdown on people they call 'illegal aliens', a sizeable number of families have been crossing the border into Afghanistan over the past week.
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Shutter-down, wheel jam strike observed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Shops in Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Rawalakot, Kotli and other major cities remained shut and trades and locals carried out protest marches with slogans against the Pakistan government.
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Pakistan: Lahore High Court seeks response from Govt over fuel price hike
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
LHC Justice Tanveer Sultan sought a response from the Pakistan government while hearing the plea challenging the recent increase in the prices of petroleum products.
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Pakistan government fears oil crisis as depots run dry
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Pakistan government fears an oil crisis as retail outlets of some oil marketing companies (OMCs) were reportedly found dry at a few locations in the country, The Express Tribune newspaper reported.
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Pakistan stares at another crisis as sugar prices rise to Rs 185 per kg
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Sugar prices in Pakistan have increased to Rs 185 per kg, with the country’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) asking relevant agencies to check for the hoarding and smuggling of sugar, Dawn reported.
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'Hastily adopted laws in Pakistan pose threat to press freedom': Reporters
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Reporters without Borders (RSF), a global media watchdog has called on the Pakistan government to revoke "several draconian laws supposedly designed to combat ‘disinformation’, ‘cybercrimes’ and ‘spying’ that it (previous government) forced through parliament shortly before its (assembly) di
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Belgium: Protestors demand suspension of Pakistan's GSP status for next fo
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The protestors demanded that the Pakistan government must take tangible steps to improve religious freedom conditions and state of minorities’ rights in Pakistan, and the European Union must not extend Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Plus status for another four years unless Pakistan
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Outgoing Pakistan government overlooks 41 bureaucrats eligible for promoti
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
However, the establishment division was apparently not prepared to complete the hectic exercise, which officials said ordinarily takes months to plan, and hence could not complete the paperwork in time, the Dawn reported.
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