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Pakistani Government's silence on crimes against women shameful: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 9 (ANI): The silence of the Pakistani government in the face of increasing aggression against women is shameful, an editorial in The Dawn said on the occasion of International Women's Day on Tuesday.
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Pakistan: Law and order situation worsening in Karachi amid rising crime
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], February 28 (ANI): The downwards slide of the law and order situation in Pakistan's Karachi was visible as security forces remained a silent spectator to a robbery that stripped over a hundred people of their valuables on a major city road, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Government faces backlash over Ordinances to push 'draconian law
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): The Imran Khan government is facing heavy backlash from all quarters for amending the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016 through the promulgation of an Ordinance.
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Pakistan: Maryam Nawaz slams Imran Khan over new laws 'to silence media, O
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Sunday hit out at the Imran Khan government over its recent move to make amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, (PECA) 2016 and the Election Act, 2017 saying they are
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Pakistan: Lawyers protest continues against new mechanism for case allocat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 16 (ANI): Lawyers in the district courts continued their protest for a second day on Tuesday against a new mechanism for the allocation of cases.
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Pakistan: Lawyers boycott dist courts against new rule for case allocation
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 15 (ANI): Pakistan lawyers have protested in Lahore by boycotting district courts against a newly-introduced mechanism of case allocation on the basis of tehsil and sub-division, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Khan of Kalat asks UN to hold referendum in Pakistan-Occupied Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], February 10 (ANI): Accusing Pakistan law enforcement agencies of forcefully disappearing thousands of Baloch people, Khan of Kalat in Balochistan province has demanded the help of the United Nations to end Pakistan's Occupation.
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Pak lawmakers call for investigation into NAB's claims on Rs 821 billion r
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 16 (ANI): Pakistan lawmakers have called for an investigation into the claims of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over recovery of Pakistani Rs 821 billion and shifting of hot money to Pakistan.
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As inflation continues to rise in Pakistan, lawyers boycott courts, hold r
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], October 20 (ANI): Lawyers group boycotted courts in different towns of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and held rallies on Monday against spiralling prices of daily use commodities and petroleum products in the country, reported local media.
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Pak authorities detain veteran journalist amid protests over proposed medi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan] September 23 (ANI): Pakistan law enforcement agencies on Wednesday detained veteran journalist Waris Raza from Karachi amid the ongoing tussle over the proposed media law, described by scribes as "unconstitutional."
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Pakistan: Lawmaker from Imran Khan's party questions own govt's federal bu
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): Major (Retd.) Tahir Sadiq, a lawmaker from Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), raised questions on his own government's federal budget, asking how will the ruling party overcome the Rs 3 trillion deficit.
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Pakistan lawmaker Jugnu Mohsin attacked by unidentified gunmen, escapes un
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 7 (ANI): Jugnu Mohsin, a wife of noted Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi and Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) in the Punjab province, barely survived an assassination attempt in Okara, after unidentified individuals opened fire on her vehicle, Pakistan media reporte
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