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Pakistan: Amid suspense over poll date, caretaker PM Kakar calls Delimitat
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Amidst speculation surrounding the announcement of the election date, Pakistan's Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar emphasized that the delimitation process is a "constitutional" exercise, The News International reported on Wednesday.
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Pakistan fails to pay salaries to press attaches, counsellor in embassies
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan's Ministry of Finance has failed to pay the salaries of staff employed in certain diplomatic missions for the last three months due to the dollar liquidity crunch in the country. This has led to a massive hue and cry, The News International newspaper reported.
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Hoarding, smuggling and drug trade by mafias bleeding Pakistan’s economy:
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A detailed report by Pakistan’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) on smuggling, tax evasion, drug trade, hoarding, illegal currency business and misuse of Afghan transit trade shows how different mafias are hugely haemorrhaging the country’s economy, The News International Newspaper reported.
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Level-playing field not available to all political parties in country: PPP
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said a level-playing field is not available to all the political parties in the country. He claimed that political leaders do not have equal opportunities to contest the upcoming general elections, The News International report
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Pak: Remittances plunge 22 pc in July-August as expats use informal channe
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Remittances in Pakistan decreased by 22 per cent in the first two months of the fiscal year, as expatriate workers chose unauthorised methods to send money home amid the widening gulf between official and unofficial currency rates, The News International reported.
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Pakistan: Anti-Terror Court acquits four men 'having links with separatist
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Court has acquitted four men who were accused of having links with banned separatist outfits pertaining to possession of explosive material for want of evidence, reported The News International.
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Pakistan: Special court allows Imran Khan to talk to his sons over phone
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Official Secrets Act Special Court has permitted the former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to talk to his sons over the phone till September 15, reported The News International.
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Pakistan: 29 politicians allegedly involved in smuggling Iranian petroleum
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Twenty-nine politicians in Pakistan are allegedly involved in the smuggling of Iranian petroleum products, a report submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has revealed, The News International reported.
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Jamaat-e-Islami leader laments denial of fundamental rights to women in Pa
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Ameer Sirajul Haq on Monday lamented the denial of fundamental rights to women in Pakistan and blamed the successive governments for the situation arising out of their failure to uphold the Constitution, The News International newspaper reported.
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How Pakistan's electricity crisis is leading to rising spectre of social u
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The heat of inflation in electricity prices in Pakistan has been growing steeply with prices soaring, leading to social unrest in the society, and the situation will need Islamabad to undertake a number of comprehensive efforts, The News International reported.
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Air Pollution cutting life expectancy by 4 years in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The rising air pollution in Pakistan may lead to a shortening of life expectancy in Pakistan in the country’s most polluted regions like Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur and Peshawar, The News International reported citing a report.
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Pakistan: Political parties join protests over inflated-electricity bills
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Adding to the ongoing protest on inflated power bills, political party activists joined the common citizens in staging demonstrations in the provincial capital and other regions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reported The News International.
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