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Pakistan: Government neglect turns Karachi's Liaquatabad into toxic dump
Updated : 3 months ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, garbage began piling up in the open plot nearly a month ago when SSWMB workers allegedly started unloading waste there.
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At least 12 killed, 27 injured after suicide bombing outside Islamabad dis
Updated : 4 months ago IST
At least twelve people were killed and 27 injured in a suicide blast outside Islamabad's district court on Tuesday. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi confirmed it was a "suicide blast" and vowed to identify those responsible, as Pakistan declared emergency measures and tightened security acr
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Pakistan: Government apathy and data manipulation deepen Sindh's medical c
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Amid an escalating health emergency in Sindh, discrepancies between official dengue data and figures from major hospitals have raised serious questions over Pakistan's handling of disease surveillance, while the provincial health department reported only 819 dengue cases this year, data coll
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Pakistan government escalates crackdown, branding journalists and NGOs as
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Freedom Network, a media watchdog, condemned the advertisement in strong terms, saying it had placed journalists and civil society workers in danger by equating them with threats to national security. "This reckless narrative undermines press freedom, fuels hostility, and stigmatises pro
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"Movement is for basic rights": UKPNP leader on PoJK protests, slams 'pupp
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, who is the chairman of the United Kashmir People's National Party, termed the ongoing mass protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) as a "movement for basic rights" and noted that people have been deprived of "all kinds of rights" for the last few decad
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Pakistan government hikes prices of petrol and diesel, new rates effective
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to the notification issued by Pakistan's Ministry of Finance, the petrol prices were increased by Rs 4.07 per litre, taking the new rate to Rs 268.68 per litre. Meanwhile, the prices of high-speed diesel rose by Rs 4.04 per litre, with the new rate at Rs 276.81 per litre.
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3 killed, over a dozen injured as police open fire on protesters in PoJK
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) has been rocked by violent protests and a complete shutdown, leaving three people dead and more than a dozen injured in clashes with security forces.
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JSMM Issues urgent international appeal over 65% pension cuts in Sindh
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
JSMM has appealed to the UN and global leaders over a 65% pension cut in Sindh, calling it economic persecution of retirees. The group demands full pension restoration, relief aid, and accountability, warning of international protests if their demands are ignored.
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Pakistan Defence Minister caught in conundrum, gets slammed over contradic
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In a moment of public embarrassment, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif found himself caught in a glaring contradiction, facing tough questions over his unsubstantiated and conflicting allegations regarding former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's social media activity.
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Pakistan: Punjab govt forms flood relief committees as 123 killed, 3775 vi
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz announced flood relief committees across districts and tehsils after floods hit 3,775 villages, damaging over 370,000 houses. PDMA said 123 people died in Punjab. Relief camps, evacuations and medical aid continue, while PPP leaders pressed for assistance through the B
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Pakistan: Government negligence leaves Karachi drowning in rain and inflat
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Seasonal rains have collapsed Karachi's fragile infrastructure, worsening damaged roads and flooding. Crops across Sindh, including cotton, rice, and sugarcane, suffered major losses, fuelling inflation fears. Residents accuse authorities of neglect, with journalist Shams Kareeo saying ri
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Pakistan: Government policies turn blind eye to fishermen's pleas, lose co
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Due to the reduction of flow of water in the Indus, the fishermen community living alongside the coast of Sindh is seeing their lands and livelihoods being destroyed due to the seeping in of seawater and unresponsive government actions, the Express Tribune reported on Saturday.
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