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Afghan refugees in Pak fear deportation: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 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, 2 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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Pakistan needs a National Counter Terrorism Department to effectively figh
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Nacta argues that: "Provincial CT structures alone are not enough to defeat national and transnational threats."
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Cracks appear in Balochistan coalition govt over panel for finding missing
Updated : 3 years, 2 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: Provincial govt fails to resolve Gwadar unrest
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Tensions continued to simmer in Pakistan's port city of Gwadar with protests continuing after clashes with supporters of the 'Haq Do Tehreek' (HDT).
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Pakistan media urges govt to exercise restraint as Gwadar protests intensi
Updated : 3 years, 2 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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Canada: 4 killed, more than 50 hospitalised in British Columbia bus crash
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Four people were killed and more than 50 people to hospitals in southern British Columbia after the bus they were travelling on rolled over on an icy highway in British Columbia on Christmas Eve, according to the provincial Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
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Four injured in grenade blast in Pakistan's Quetta
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bizenjo condemned the incident and told the provincial police chief to make the security arrangements in the city more effective.
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Pakistan: Lahore High Court reinstates Chaudhry Parvez Elahi as Punjab CM
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The court issued the directives after a five-member bench took up Elahi's plea challenging Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman's orders to de-notify him as the provincial chief executive.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan faces uncertain future amid political row in Punjab
Updated : 3 years, 3 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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Militants seize police station in northwest Pakistan's Bannu district
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The provincial government claimed no one had attacked the police station. But added that some suspects in custody under suspicion of terrorism tried to snatch weapons from security personnel deployed on-site, the report said.
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Former Pakistan Minister Sheikh Rashid says Punjab CM signed for dissoluti
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
AML Chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed stressed that Nawaz Sharif's return to Pakistan will not give any advantage to PML-N.
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