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Pakistan may impose smart lockdowns in coming days, says interior minister
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 20 (ANI): Following a surge in Covid-19 cases, the Pakistan government may impose strict restrictions and smart lockdowns in the coming days, but decision-makers will also take into account the impact of such a decision on the poor and working classes.
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Pakistan's new draconian social media law 'quashing personal freedoms'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 17 (ANI): The new draconian social media law by the Pakistan government is attempting to quash personal freedoms.
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Pakistan Origin Card holders ruled out for COVID-19 inoculation
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 9 (ANI): Pakistan government on Monday was exposed to its failed health system as people holding Pakistan Origin Cards (POCs) and foreign national spouses of Pakistanis were found ineligible to be inoculated against COVID-19, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan govt's autocratic behaviour revealed during use of force against
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 1 (ANI): Thousands of Pakistan government employees who took to the streets of Islamabad earlier this month demanding a 40 per cent salary hike were met with tear gas and arrests, bringing to light the establishment's autocratic behaviour.
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UK urged to pressure Pakistan to hold those responsible for forced convers
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): Underlining that Pakistan government narrative and policies have consistently been anti-Hindu, the World Sindhi Congress, an NGO, urged the United Kingdom to pressure Islamabad to hold all parties and community members accountable for forced conversions an
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Pakistan government urged to include Pashto as medium of instruction in sc
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): The intellectuals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have urged the Pakistan government to declare Pashto as the medium of instruction in schools.
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Pakistan unlikely to exit from FATF's grey list
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): While the Pakistan government believes that it will be able to delist itself from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) "grey list", it is unlikely that it will be able to do so as the European nations have said that Islamabad has not fully impleme
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Pak police cracks down on govt employees demanding salary hike
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 10 (ANI): The Pakistan police on Wednesday fired tear gas at the government employees, who were protesting to demand an increase in their salaries and pensions.
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Pak opposition walks out of Senate over 'inadequate' response on CPEC quer
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 23 (ANI): Opposition parties staged a walkout from the Senate session on Friday over the Pakistan government's "inadequate" response to their queries on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority ordinance, reported Dawn.
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Pak Sarzameen Party leader slams govt's decision to approve 2017 census, a
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 13 (ANI): Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday lashed out at the Pakistan government, announcing that his party would organise a big protest rally on January 17 against the recent decision of the federal cabinet to approve the controver
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Pakistan stepped up crackdown on media, failed to stem violence against wo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 13 (ANI): Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2021 said that Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan government intensified its crackdown on the media, political opponents and civil society in 2020, while failing to stem violence against women and minorities.
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As PDM steps up protest against Imran Khan, Pak govt books opposition lead
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mardan [Pakistan], December 31 (ANI): Pakistan government has launched a crackdown on Opposition amid rising protests and have booked several local leaders of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for holding a rally in Mardan here.
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