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Imran Khan govt's claim of Pak press being free is a 'bald-faced lie': Daw
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): The Pakistan government's claim that the country's press is free is a "bald-faced" lie as journalists continue to face threats from state elements and news editors are coerced into censoring "undesirable" information or giving stories a certain slant, coun
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Pakistan Army set to enforce COVID-19 SOPs as infections surge
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Pakistan government has issued a notification allowing the provinces and federal administration to take the Army's help to enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) amid the rising coronavirus infections in the country.
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Imran Khan govt's 'bad decisions' allowed TLP to garner more importance: P
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 22 (ANI): The Pakistan government's bad decision-making and weak management have allowed now proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) to garner more importance and heft than it deserves, said Pakistani newspaper Dawn.
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Pak govt registers 210 cases against radical Islamist party TLP
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 21 (ANI): Pakistan government has registered a total of 210 first information reports (FIRs) against workers of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) following the week-long violent protests.
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Exiled Pak journalist calls ban on TLP a 'cosmetic step'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 16 (ANI): A Pakistani journalist living in exile here has raised questions over the Pakistan government's decision to ban Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a hardline religious group with a massive following across Pakistan.
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Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan protests outside Pak mission in London
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 16 (ANI): Around two dozen of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) UK gathered outside the Pakistan High Commission in London on Thursday demanding the expulsion of the French ambassador as well as a boycott of French products from the Pakistan government.
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Expulsion of French ambassador: Pak govt may bow down to religious politic
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 8 (ANI): Pakistan government on Thursday decided to table a resolution in National Assembly regarding the demands of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), including the expulsion of the French ambassador from Pakistan before Eidul Fitr.
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Pakistan may grant two-year visa extension to Chinese nationals
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 7 (ANI): Pakistan government is considering the possibility of giving two years visa extension to Chinese nationals working on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.
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Rights report highlights unlawful killings and forced disappearance of Bal
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 31 (ANI): In its 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights, the US State Department has highlighted significant human rights issues in Pakistan, including unlawful or arbitrary killings by the government and forced disappearance of Pashtun, Sindhi and Baloch human rights
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Gilgit Baltistan doctors protest after being denied regularisation, post-g
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], March 24 (ANI): Doctors in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan occupied Kashmir's (PoK) on Wednesday protested against the Pakistan government after they were denied regularisation and post-graduation admission.
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Pak's Sindh slams Imran Khan govt over wheat support price, calls it 'anti
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 22 (ANI): The Sindh government on Saturday slammed the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government for being an anti-farmers' regime as the federal government has given lower wheat support price to farmers as compared to the provincial government.
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After surge in COVID-19 cases, Pakistan may extend closure of schools
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Following a surge in Covid-19 cases, the Pakistan government may extend the closure of schools and other educational institutions in the country.
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