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"No elections in Pakistan until...." Imran Khan slams ruling alliance on P
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Accusing the Pakistan government of "blatantly" violating the Supreme Court's orders to conduct elections in Punjab, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, Imran Khan claimed that it was doing so out of fear of losing elections and told his supporters that there will be no elections in Pakist
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Cash-strapped Pakistan government squanders money on image-building
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The current fiscal year is nearing its end with extraordinarily tight fiscal positions and the austerity policy of the PDM government in Pakistan, but discretionary spending on development schemes for constituencies of parliamentarians of the coalition partners and publicity continues to gro
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Internet suspension in Pakistan leads to loss of over 2 billion
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
After the Pakistan government moved to suspend internet services and block social media platforms, the country lost Rs 2.49 billion.
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Punjab: 198 Indian fishermen released from Pakistan jail
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Indian fishermen who were released by the Pakistan government said that they crossed the border while fishing as they were unaware of the border in the sea.
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Pakistan considering to stop financing provincial development projects
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A senior government official told Dawn that the planning and development ministry had moved a summary to the prime minister for his consent to cap the provincial development projects in the PSDP 2023-24 to be presented to parliament as part of the next year's budget and also restrict the PSD
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Judiciary should be held accountable for "unconstitutional, illegal action
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The ongoing rift between the Pakistan government and the Supreme Court escalated after Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Sunday said that the judiciary should be held accountable for illegal and unconstitutional steps taken during the past 75 years, Geo News reported.
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Pakistan govt files plea in SC to hear petitions challenging act curtailin
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The plea said that the issue must be addressed by the full court and even mentioned the cases concerning the judiciary's independence.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan to hold rallies from May 8-14
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Imran Khan announced that he would come out and prepare the people to protest if the elections were not held. He said, "When a country's Constitution is violated, it means the justice system and the rule of law have ended. Most of all, it means that the nation has lost its freedom and become
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Pakistan government, PTI to hold "final" round of negotiations on election
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The negotiations between the coalition government and the main opposition party, earlier scheduled at 11 am, will now take place at 9 pm in Senate Secretariat, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani said in a statement.
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Pakistan approves 20 pc increase in price of general medicines
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Pakistan government's decision followed a months-long stand-off with importers and manufacturers, whose associations have been demanding an across-the-board 39 per cent rise, warning that the industry could otherwise collapse.
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Popular demand for Pak government to act, crush TTP: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to Siddiqi, the incorporation of Fata into KP has brought the tribal people into the national mainstream. This has been a blow to the TTP, even though all this has been done by democratic means and an act of parliament.
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Pakistan: 2,777 cases of domestic violence against women, marriage of youn
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Maximum cases, 886 were reported from Hyderabad and 459 from Benazir Abad as per figures released by Women Development Department Sindh, Daily Pakistan reported.
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