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Women block Quetta-Karachi highway over delay in CM's Ramazan ration packa
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
As per TET, the demonstrators , many of whom depend on government assistance to feed their families during the holy month of Ramazan, accused provincial authorities of failing to distribute the Chief Minister's announced Ramazan ration package. The women alleged that despite making repeated
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Floods ravage Pakistan's breadbasket, over 2.2-million-acre farmland hit
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Rice crop losses have been estimated at over 1 million acres of standing production. Citing the provincial authorities, Samaa reported that the floods have caused extensive damage to rice, sugarcane, corn, and cotton across Punjab. Standing sugarcane crops spread over 2.5 million acres were
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Swat River turns into Death Trap as Pakistan's incompetent system fails
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Public outrage continues to mount in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the release of a damning fact-finding report into the Swat River tragedy that claimed the lives of 12 tourists last month, exposing deep-rooted negligence, mismanagement, and criminal indifference by the provincial authorities
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Lahore air quality index hits hazardous level again amid severe smog
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Despite ongoing efforts by provincial authorities to reduce smog in the cities, Lahore's air quality index (AQI) has once again exceeded the 300 threshold, which is considered "hazardous" to human health.
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Reporters Without Borders urges Pakistani authorities to address "alarming
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Pakistan's federal and provincial authorities to address "an alarming deterioration in press freedom" over recent months, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
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Pakistan faces historic dilemma as fate of Afghan migrants lies in limbo
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The federal and provincial authorities of Pakistan authorities are scrambling to put together a plan to deport more than a million undocumented Afghans and other foreigners, Dawn reported on Thursday.
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Power shortage amid political power games in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Prolonged power cuts have led to frequent angry demonstrations in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. The provincial authorities are using police force and issuing stern warnings to the protestors. Skardu city has been left totally without electricity for the past three months.
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Pakistan media urges govt to exercise restraint as Gwadar protests intensi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As the 'Haq Do Tehreek' (HDT) protests threaten to blow up on Pakistan's ruling establishment in the port city of Gwadar, the country's media has urged provincial authorities in Balochistan to exercise restraint.
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Pak's trade union demands Imran govt to implement minimum wage for workers
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 5 (ANI): Pakistan's trade union have demanded the Imran Khan government to take stern action against the industries and organisations for not paying the minimum wage of Rs 21,000 to the workers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as per the official notification.
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Data from Pakistan's Sindh: 50% COVID cases are of Omicron
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], January 4 (ANI): Sindh Government on Sunday said that the Omicron cases have reached up to 50% in the province especially in Karachi. The data collected by the provincial authorities clearly suggests that Pakistan is in the grip of the Omicron variant.
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13 deaths reported after volcanic eruption in Congo: official
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kinshasa [Congo] May 24 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 13 people have been killed after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano on Saturday night in the north-eastern province of North Kivu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to provincial authorities.
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High-Risk zone declared in northeastern China due to new COVID-19 cluster
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 10 (Sputnik/ANI): The Chinese city of Shulan in the northeastern Jilin province has been declared a high-risk zone after 11 people got infected with the novel coronavirus, provincial authorities said on Sunday.
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