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Balochistan faces severe financial crisis
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Balochistan's economic crisis only tends to get worse with every passing day as the province in the past three months has not received its share of for rehabilitation and reconstruction of infrastructure in flood-ravaged regions, Dawn reported.
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Several officers announce protests outside Pakistan Secretariat from Feb 6
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In protest of what they claimed was discrimination in the awarding of the executive allowance, officers from various groups at the Pakistan Secretariat declared on Tuesday that they will observe a pen-down strike beginning on February 6, Dawn reported on Wednesday.
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PML-N is not afraid of elections, says Maryam Nawaz
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Saturday said that her party is not afraid of elections at all and that it would win seats by a majority when Punjab goes to the polls, Geo TV reported.
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Pakistan facing net wheat deficit of 2.37 million metric tons, says food m
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan National Assembly member and Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema in a statement during question hour in the upper house of parliament said that Islamabad, at present, is facing a net wheat deficit of 2.37 million metric tons, pointing out at the Sout
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Pashtun activists stage protests across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against Rao Anw
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Deeply angered over the acquittal of former Senior Superintendent Rao Anwar in the Naqeebullah Mehsud's murder case, the members of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) staged protests across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dawn reported on Thursday.
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Pak court approves Fawad Chaudhary's 2-day physical remand in sedition cas
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice president Fawad Chaudhary's two-day physical remand has been approved by the sessions court of Islamabad in a sedition case.
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Imran Khan calls on judges of apex court to protect fundamental rights of
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Criticising the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhary, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday called on the judges of the apex court to protect the fundamental rights of his party.
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Politics in Pakistan has now become a game of one-upmanship: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the POREG report, despite scepticism across the political spectrum, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) along with its allies, proceeded with the dissolution of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies.
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PM Shehbaz Sharif orders inquiry into power outage in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an inquiry into the power outage in Pakistan that took place at around 7:34 am on Monday and left many cities including Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Islamabad without electricity, Geo TV reported.
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Exiled former Pak PM Nawaz likely to return, lead poll campaign: Minister
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In exile since 2019, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) supremo Nawaz Sharif is likely return to Pakistan, Geo News reported, adding that once back, he may chair the party's parliamentary board for finalising candidates for the upcoming provincial elections in the country.
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Pakistan: MQM-P announces 'boycott' of second phase of Sindh's local body
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), in a recent decision, has announced a 'boycott' of the second phase of Sindh's local body elections, which are being held in seven districts, including Karachi and Hyderabad divisions, Geo TV reported on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Punjab CM Elahi signs summary for dissolving provincial assembly
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"I Parvez Elahi, chief minister of Punjab, hereby advise you to dissolve the provincial assembly," he said in a brief one-line advice addressed to Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman, Elahi, as quoted by Dawn newspaper.
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