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Pakistan: Rights activists raise concern over targeted killing of minoriti
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Minority rights activists have raised concern over the targeted killing of non-Muslims in Peshawar and have demanded the provincial government to take immediate steps to arrest the killers and to provide compensation to the families concerned
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Pak court stops Punjab caretaker govt to handover 45,000-acre land to army
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Court's Justice Abid Hussain Chattha has notified the Punjab caretaker government led by Mohsin Naqvi of handing over the 45,267 acres of land to the Pakistan Army on lease in three districts i.e. Bhakkar, Khushab and Sahiwal, for a corporate agriculture farming project.
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Balochistan "Sasta Bazaars" only limited to photo ops by local admin
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Chief Secretary Balochistan Abdul Aziz Uqaili in a recent press conference had claimed that the provincial government was aware of the hardships of the people and was taking steps to provide relief to them during the Holy month of Ramazan in the province. The so-called "Sasta Bazaar" of the
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Pakistan neglects millions of flood victims in Sindh, activist tells UNHRC
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Lakhu Luhana said: "Pakistan is trying to cash the miseries of Sindhi people to get international aid, but we believe the Pakistani federal and provincial Governments do not want to rebuild devastated cities, towns, and villages of Sindh and lives of Sindhi people."
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Pakistan: Minority Rights Commission head says property of minorities wort
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Shoaib Sadal told the two-judge bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan that the provincial governments were not cooperating with the Commission with regard to the details of assets.
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Govt officers in Pakistan forced to contribute 50 pc of their salaries for
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Without any formal orders by the Pakistan government or the provincial governments, officers of the Balochistan government have found a fifty per cent cut in their salaries this month on the grounds that they are required to contribute to the Turkey relief aid, as per the report by the As
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COVID policies in different Chinese localities determined by their socioec
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to The Diplomat, all provincial capitals declared a Stage 1 emergency before the provincial governments did, in order to accelerate emergency governance measures. However, the length and form of these lockdowns varied greatly.
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Pakistan: Protests erupt in Karachi over recounting of votes in local poll
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The ECP took over 36 hours to announce the results of Karachi's 236 union committees, as the opposition accused the provincial government of "rigging and managing things".
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Afghan refugees in Pak fear deportation: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The recent steps by the Sindh provincial government to deal with illegal migrants is attracting bad press, the Khaama Press reported, adding that the authorities detained around 1,200 Afghan men, women, and children without visas or stay permits, who now live in fear of imprisonment or possi
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Chinese firms reap profits from mines in Balochistan, locals deprived of b
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Balochistan province turned out to be an ATM for Chinese companies but it still remains an impoverished region with a per capita GDP under USD 1,000, which means that the residents are getting nothing. Under the agreement signed in 1995, 46-48 per cent of revenue was given to MCC, 53 per cen
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Cracks appear in Balochistan coalition govt over panel for finding missing
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Differences in the Balochistan coalition government came to the fore over the formation of a parliamentary commission for recovery of missing persons on Sunday, as the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-Mengal) and Mir Asad Baloch, parliamentary leader of BNP-Awami, opposed the provincia
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Pakistan: Imran Khan faces uncertain future amid political row in Punjab
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Former Pakistan Prime Minister earlier this month announced that provincial governments in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will dissolve their assemblies on December 23 to pave the way for fresh elections.
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