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Awami Action Committee criticises local budget over 'irregularities', term
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Awami Action Committee criticised the leasing of land to the Green Tourism Company. Ali raised the issue of government rest houses and acres of forest land in PoGB being leased to private companies in the Punjab Province and termed it "Green Terrorism."
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Pak human rights body demands revocation of Punjab Defamation Act 2024
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The HRCP called upon the administration to repeal the act pushed through a defamation law to curb fake news, however, civil society, and journalists say that it infringes on freedom of press and expression.
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Pak: CM of Punjab province slams 'abuse of power' in previous regime by cu
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Maryam Nawaz was addressing a session of the Punjab Assembly on the budget for the financial year 2025 under chair of Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan when a ruckus broke out in the House.
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Pakistan: At least four killed in collision between minitruck, coach in Kh
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
At least four people were killed in a collision between a minitruck and a coach in Khairpur on Sunday, reported ARY News.
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Pakistan minister describes Imran Khan's prison as his 'in-laws house', po
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
At a time when Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan continues to remain behind bars, the Information Minister of Punjab province, Azma Bukhari has termed Khan's prison as his 'in-laws house', Geo News reported.
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Pakistan: Tragic end for Nazir Masih highlights extremism and government c
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
In a harrowing episode that has shocked the nation, the brutal assassination of 74-year-old Nazir Masih, a Christian elder in Mujahid Colony, Sargodha, serves as a stark reminder of the toxic interplay between religious extremism and governmental inaction.
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Protests erupt in PoGB after administration leases out governmental land f
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Hundreds of residents from Skardu in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) organised a major protest over the administration's recent decision to lease several government guest houses and forest land to private business owners from the Punjab Province, a local news outlet from PoGB, Skar
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Pakistan: International Federation for Journalists condemns Punjab govt ov
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The International Federation of Journalists on Tuesday condemned the passage of the contentious 'Punjab Defamation Act 2024' by the provincial administration of Pakistan's Punjab Province.
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PoJK: Retired govt employees protest, demands pension hike amid skyrocketi
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The protestors demanded the urgent approval of increased pensions as per the skyrocketing inflation.
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Yasmin Rashid discharged from hospital
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Yasmin Rashid, who was also the former Health Minister of Punjab province was discharged from the hospital after signs of improvement in her health, ARY News reported citing sources on Sunday.
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PoGB leaders organize conference to oppose forest land leases to Punjab bu
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Leaders from Awami Action Committee (AAC) belonging to Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) on Thursday organized a conference at the Gilgit Press Club, criticizing the local government for leasing forest lands of PoGB to private business owners of Punjab Province, local news outlet fro
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PoGB politician raises concern over sale of forest land to Punjab industri
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The opposition parliamentary members of the Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) assembly on Thursday raised their voices against the administrational misconduct of the PoGB ruling party. The assembly members blamed the ruling party for selling land pieces and guest houses built in the
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