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Pakistan: Section 144 imposed in Rawalpindi ahead of SCO Meeting
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Pakistan Punjab government has imposed Section 144 in Rawalpindi till October 17 to maintain the law and order situation during the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit
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Pakistan: Islamabad, Rawalpindi implement five-day closure of businesses a
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, Islamabad and Rawalpindi will see the temporary closure of restaurants, wedding halls, cafes, and snooker clubs for five days, from October 12 to 16, as part of heightened security measures.
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Pakistan: Rawalpindi declares dengue emergency amid alarming rise in cas
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Rawalpindi has declared a district-wide emergency in response to a significant surge in dengue cases. Emergency measures include the establishment of dengue counters and mobilisation of teams. The WHO has raised concerns about global dengue prevalence and called for coordinated action.
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Pakistan: Protests against school privatisation intensify
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan's teaching personnel in government-owned schools continue to remain agitated with the federal government's move on the conversion of government schools to private educational institutions.
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Amid ongoing unrest, mobile phone services remain suspended in Rawalpindi,
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The mobile phone services remained suspended in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad for the third day, continuing on Sunday amid the ongoing unrest amid Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest in the federal capital, Geo News reported.
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Pakistan: Police arrest Imran Khan's sisters from Islamabad's D Chowk
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Calling the government "fake and victim of panic," Imran Khan-founded party said that the government is crossing all limits of fascism by depriving people of their basis rights to maintain their "illegitimate power."
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Day after he fails to join Tehreek-e-Insaf protest, KP CM Gandapur pledges
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
A day after he failed to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest in Rawalpindi, Ali Amin Gandapur, the chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, has called for a revolution, saying that there is no other option, adding that from now on, "sticks will be met with sticks, bullets will be me
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Pak: Rawalpindi reports 61 dengue cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The total number of dengue cases has spiked to 1,172, with five deaths reported so far
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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami announces protest against govt's failure to impl
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
JI Chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has slammed the government for taking "cosmetic measures" in the past 45 days.
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Pakistan: Education in schools halted as teachers in Rawalpindi call for s
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Education in schools in Rawalpindi has come to a halt, as the Grand Teachers Alliance has called upon a citywide strike over the concerns faced by teaching professionals.
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to hold rally in 'container-seiged' Rawalpindi
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
According to details, PTI leadership, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM Ali Amin Gandapur, will lead the protests. Gandapur will address PTI workers at Swabi Interchange, where they will join from all districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and later converge at Liaquat Bagh.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan's party to hold protest today as administration ramps
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Earlier, PTI had planned to hold a 'jalsa' at the Liaquat Bagh. But, later party founder Imran Khan changed the decision saying that the government would not allow his party to hold the event in the city and designate a venue in the suburbs
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