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Pakistan: Flash floods, rains kill 22 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in five days
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
At least 22 people have lost their lives and 11 others have been injured in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since June 25 due to incidents triggered by heavy rain, strong winds, flash floods, and landslides, the Dawn reported, citing a report from the country's Provincial Disaster Management A
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Pak: ISPR confirms 13 security personnel killed in North Waziristan blast
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Thirteen security personnel were killed in a suicide bombing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district on Saturday, carried out by Fitna-al-Khawarij, according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), The Dawn reported.
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"Dawn of Orange economy": PM Modi at WAVES summit, says India becoming glo
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Putting emphasis on the growth potential of content economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it was now time to create in India and create for the world. The prime minister said this is the dawn of orange economy in India.
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Pakistan: Surge in rabies cases highlights government inaction on vaccine
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The number of rabies cases in Sindh rose to nine this year, with the latest case reported at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) on Wednesday, as reported by the Dawn.
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Pakistan: Lawyers' boycott over canals project paralyses judicial proceedi
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Judicial activities across the subordinate courts in Sindh came to a standstill, as lawyers staged a province-wide boycott in protest against the contentious canals project, as reported by the Dawn.
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Pakistan: Clashes erupt as young doctors protest hospital outsourcing in
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Tensions flared on Mall Road as police used water cannons to disperse protesting young doctors against outsourcing of hospitals, leaving two demonstrators--including Dr Shoaib Niazi, President of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab--unconscious during the chaos, as reported by the Daw
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Sindh lawyers to launch long march against Indus River Canals project
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
According to the Dawn, in a press conference held at the Karachi Bar Association (KBA) office on Wednesday, KBA representatives called on all political parties and members of civil society to stand with them in opposition to the project.
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Pakhtun nationalist leaders call on Pakistan to halt deportation of Afghan
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Leaders of Pakhtun nationalist parties on Wednesday called on Pakistan to halt the deportation of Afghan refugees, urging the government to stop sending back people who have lived in the country for over four decades, the Dawn reported on Thursday.
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Balochistan: Two coal miners die from toxic gas inhalation in Duki
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Two coal miners tragically lost their lives after inhaling toxic gas in a coal mine at the Chamalang coal field in the Duki district on Tuesday, as reported by the Dawn.
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Nepal: Hundreds gather for mass prayer in mosque to mark Eid-ul-Fitr
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
One of the revered festival of the Islamic community, people observed it by reciting special Namaz and exchanging greetings with each other. The festival is celebrated after the conclusion of the dawn-to-dusk fasting during the entire month of Ramadan.
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Pakistan begins deportation of Afghan nationals as ACC deadline expires
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The law enforcement in Pakistan's twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad has been instructed to arrest and deport Afghan nationals involved in criminal activities, along with their families, as the Pakistan government's deadline for Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders to leave the country exp
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Human rights watchdog Amnesty urges Pakistan to halt Afghan deportations
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
According to the Dawn, citing a statement issued on Wednesday by Amnesty, the organisation criticised Pakistan's March 31 deadline for Afghan refugees to leave, stating that forcibly expelling Afghan nationals--many of whom are asylum seekers--would only worsen their suffering.
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