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Torkham border connecting Pakistan-Afghanistan remains shut for fifth day
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The closure of the Torkham border for the fifth consecutive day intensified the financial and physical woes of traders, transporters and pedestrians as confusion prevailed on Thursday as Afghan authorities reopened their side of the border but Pakistani authorities insisted that they would f
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Pak poll panel proposes to hold Punjab, KPK assembly polls in April: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has proposed to hold the elections for the Punjab assembly between April 9 and 13 and for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly between April 15 to 17, the Dawn reported, adding that in February, the ECP announced by-elections on March 19 for the 31 vacant
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Pakistan: Terrorists enter Karachi police chief's office
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A spokesperson for the Sindh Rangers said initial estimates suggest there are eight to ten "armed terrorists", the Dawn reported.
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Pak Human Rights Commission questions police's role in violence against mi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In the report, the HRCP fact-finding mission has raised concern over the alarming rise in the persecution of members of the Ahmadiyya community in Gujranwala and surrounding regions, particularly the desecration of their grave sites of worship, as per the Dawn report.
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Pakistan: PMLN lawmakers blame PTI for terror attacks
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In the first meeting of the Pakistan cabinet since the deadly suicide blast at a mosque in Peshawar, lawmakers from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) on Wednesday came down heavily on the previous Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) regime over its counter-terror policy, the Dawn
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Pak policeman killed in terror attack in Dera Ismail Khan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Head constable Gul Baran died in the attack. The assailants shot Baran while he was on his way back home, police spokesman Syed Yaqoob Bukhari was quoted in the Dawn report as saying.
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Pak: Pashtun activists arrested for demanding release of Ali Wazir
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Karachi Police on Sunday booked several leaders and workers of the Pashtun Tahfuzz Movement (PTM) in an abetting mutiny case after they held a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club demanding the release of MNA Ali Wazir, the Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Locals in Peshawar protest long power cuts, poor roads
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Locals at Chitral in Peshawar protested against power outages and dilapidated conditions of roads in their district on Sunday, the Dawn reported, adding that the protesters claimed that the government had not paid attention to their demands.
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Pakistan Election Commission to meet today to choose Punjab's caretaker CM
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will on Sunday evening hold a meeting to choose Punjab's caretaker chief minister, the Dawn reported, adding that the meeting was necessitated as the bi-partisan parliamentary committee established by the Speaker of the Punjab Assembly speaker failed
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Pak agents warn shipping lines might halt operations: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Ship agents have warned the Pakistani government that all export cargoes could stop as foreign shipping lines are considering halting their services for Pakistan after banks stopped remitting freight charges to them for lack of dollar availability, the Dawn reported.
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Weekly inflation in Pakistan rises to 31.83% due to surging prices of food
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Weekly inflation, measured by Sensitive Price Index (SPI), has seen an rise of 31.83 per cent for the combined income group on a year-on-year basis, ending January 19, due to a massive increase in prices of food and non-food items, the Dawn reported citing data released by the Pakistan Burea
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Pakistan: Situation in Gwadar remains sombre after Haq Do Tehreek leader's
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Fishermen, traders, women and other people living in the region have been alarmed at the arrest of Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, the Dawn claimed, adding that a shopkeeper named Jameel Baloch expressed anger over the arrest of the Haq Do Tehreek leader.
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