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Imran Khan's PTI shuts down free WiFi project in Pak's Punjab
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], January 3 (ANI): The much-touted WiFi project launched by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in 2017, has been shut down on Saturday by Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Pakistan's Punjab province including its capital Lahore after
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Protest in Pak's Dera Ghazi Khan against assassination of Karima Baloch
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Dera Ghazi Khan [Pakistan], December 27 (ANI): Hundreds of people came out on streets in Dera Ghazi Khan (DGK) of Punjab province to protest against the "cold-blooded assassination" of rights activist Karima Baloch on Saturday.
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Poor internet puts future of 34 million students from Pakistan's Punjab p
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], December 6 (ANI): Lack of internet services during the COVID-19 lockdown has put the academic future of as many as 34 million students across Pakistan's Punjab in jeopardy.
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6 men abduct minor in Pakistan's Punjab, force her to marry 45-year-old ma
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], December 6 (ANI): In another instance of lawlessness in Pakistan, a case has been registered against six men for allegedly abducting a 12-year-old girl from Ahmedabad in Pakistan's Punjab province, and later forcing her to get married to a 45-year-old man.
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Human rights group condemns abduction of Farah Shaheen, a Christian minor
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], November 13 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has condemned the abduction of another minor Christian girl by a middle-aged Muslim man in Faisalabad city of Punjab province in Pakistan.
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Minor boy sexually assaulted by teacher in Pak's Punjab
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], October 25 (ANI): A minor boy staying at a hostel was allegedly sexually assaulted by a teacher in the Ahmadpur Sharqia sub-division of the Bahawalpur district in Pakistan’s Punjab province, reported ARY News.
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2 killed in firing in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 9 (ANI/ Xinhua): Two people were killed and three others injured in firing by unknown gunmen in Rawalpindi city of Pakistan's east Punjab province on Tuesday night, police sources said.
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Female Pakistani lawyer tortured for giving speech against Army
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 30 (ANI): A Pakistani female advocate, who recently delivered a speech critical of the country's armed forces, was abducted and tortured for days, before she was found by locals in a very bad condition in Mailsi of Punjab province earlier this month.
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Stop oppression of Sikh girls, Congress Amritsar MP warns Pakistan PM
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], August 14 (ANI): A Congress Member of Parliament from Amritsar city has written to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to intervene and stop harassment of Sikh girls in Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Pakistan records 5,839 new COVID-19 cases, total count reaches 154,760
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): As many as 5,839 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Pakistan, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 154,760, the country's health ministry said on Wednesday.
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COVID-19 count in Pakistan's Punjab province crosses 50,000
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province has become the first to have reported more than 50,000 cases of coronavirus.
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Christian girl abducted at gunpoint in Pakistan's Punjab
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan] (ANI) June 10 (ANI): A Christian girl was kidnapped at gunpoint by local Muslim men in Youhanabad area of Lahore city in Pakistan's Punjab province on Monday.
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