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Pakistan: Traders protest after alleged tyre damage during bazaar enforcem
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, at least 13 vehicles, most belonging to shopkeepers, were allegedly targeted during the operation. Eyewitnesses claimed that district officials, accompanied by local police, punctured and severely damaged the tyres of cars parked outside shops.
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Faulty HIV figures raise alarm in NA panel as Pakistan risks global embarr
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, the concerns were voiced during a meeting of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on National Health Services, chaired by Mahesh Kumar Malani.
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Pakistan's economic mismanagement pushes poverty, inequality to record hig
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
: Pakistan's poverty rate has soared to 29%, the highest in 11 years, while income inequality has climbed to its worst level in nearly three decades, exposing deep cracks in the country's economic management. According to a government survey, nearly 70 million Pakistanis now live below the m
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Pakistan: Traffic collapse, price hike expose administrative breakdown in
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, the city's traffic system virtually collapsed during school rush hours in the morning and again in the crucial pre-iftar period between 4 pm and 6 pm. Key arteries, particularly Murree Road from Marir Chowk to Chandni Chowk, were clogged, with vehicles inchi
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Pakistan's Ramazan relief under scrutiny as poor struggle amid store closu
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Following the shutdown of the Utility Stores Corporation network, financially vulnerable households across Punjab are grappling with mounting difficulties in securing subsidised food items ahead of Ramazan. As prices of essential commodities continue to rise, concerns over managing Sehri an
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Pakistan: Flour prices skyrocket in Quetta, residents demand relief
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Flour rates in Quetta continue to defy expectations of a slowdown, piling fresh misery onto households already buckling under record inflation. Surveys show that the commodity, central to nearly every meal, is steadily drifting further from the grasp of ordinary buyers. Traders in different
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Systemic failures leave Pakistan's sports beyond cricket fighting for surv
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Pakistan's sporting landscape continues to struggle under the weight of decades of administrative drift, uneven priorities, and shrinking institutional backing. While cricket thrives, athletes in several other disciplines report a structure that offers little stability and even less hope, ac
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Pak govt hikes diesel prices by PKR 7.32 per litre, petrol by PKR 5
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Fuel for vehicles in Pakistan will now be costlier as the Pakistani government has increased the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel by PKR 5 and PKR 7.32 per litre, respectively, for the next fortnight, The Express Tribune reported.
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Campus fury after killing exposes governance failures in Pakistan
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, invigilators had already handed out question papers in several rooms when an announcement ordered the exams to be cancelled. Staff moved swiftly to gather the papers back, while anxiety spread among students aware that protests were swelling at the main entr
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Debt trap deepens as short-term borrowing keeps Pakistan's economy on edge
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Pakistan's fragile external financing framework continues to undermine economic stability, with policymakers stating that dependence on foreign loans leaves the country exposed to recurring crises. Business representatives and economists argue that recent improvements in reserves do not reso
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Bureaucratic embarrassment for Pakistan as employees camp outside Punjab C
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
A coalition of public servants continued its protest for a third consecutive day on Thursday, deepening embarrassment for a provincial setup already accused of moving slowly on employee welfare. The Grand Alliance, an umbrella platform of teachers and workers from several departments has re
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Bangladesh Polls: Projected results show BNP winning in 151 constituencies
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
According to the Dhaka Tribune, early morning vote counting showed BNP winning 151 constituencies so far. It further mentioned that the initial trends indicated Jamaat-e-Islami would emerge as the main opposition, securing 43 seats.
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