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Lawyers' sit-in protest in PoGB enters Day 6, demand immediate appointment
Updated : 7 months ago IST
A sit-in organised by lawyers outside the Chief Minister's Secretariat in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) reached its sixth day on Saturday, with bar councils calling for the immediate appointment of judges to both the top and lower courts in the region, as reported by The Express
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Pakistan: PML-N, PPP to contest jointly for upcoming by-elections
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Following the disqualification of 12 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers from Pakistan's National Assembly and from the Assembly of Punjab province, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Saturday announced that they will jointly contest the upcomin
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Pakistan: Swabi cloudburst death toll rises to 42 as rescue ops conclude
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The rescue mission in Dalori Bala, a remote village in the mountainous Gadoon Amazai region of the Swabi district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has officially concluded following the recovery of all 37 people reported missing after a devastating cloudburst, taking the final deat
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IMF urges Pakistan to improve budget transparency, oversight of lawmakers'
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Pakistan to bring greater transparency and discipline to its public spending, urging the government to route parliamentarians' development schemes through formal approval mechanisms and limit mid-year budget changes without parliamentary ov
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Pakistan: Over 340 killed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa floods, rescue efforts ha
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Rescue teams in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) districts continued to dig through mud and debris on Saturday after flash floods triggered by days of heavy monsoon rainfall claimed the lives of at least 344 people in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa within 48 hours, officials said, according to the Express Tribu
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Pakistan: Sindh's Dadu district witnesses protest against Illegal tree-cut
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
On Saturday, citizens gathered on the Dadu-Johi road to raise their voices against the unauthorised logging, with lawyers, journalists, political activists, and NGO workers joining the demonstration, according to The Express Tribune.
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Pakistan reintroduces Anti-Terrorism Act with preventive detention powers
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The National Assembly of Pakistan passed the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2024, restoring the provision of preventive detention for individuals suspected of terrorism, The Express Tribune reported on Tuesday.
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Pakistan's trade deficit soars 44 pc in July, raising economic concerns
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's trade deficit surged by a staggering 44 per cent in July, driven by a sharp increase in imports, raising fresh concerns about the country's economic situation, which is already in a crisis, The Express Tribune reported.
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Pakistan falls short of 3 key IMF targets, missing revenue benchmarks for
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan has missed out on three of its five major fiscal conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the second review of its USD 7 billion bailout package, The Express Tribune reported.
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Pak: Audit uncovers massive under-invoicing, money laundering in luxury ca
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
As reported by The Express Tribune, a detailed 127-page audit report has exposed what is being termed the largest trade-based money laundering scandal in Pakistan's history related to luxury vehicle imports.
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Pakistan: Food inflation surges in Punjab province as price control fails
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Rising food prices across Pakistan's Punjab province have sparked widespread public frustration, with consumers consistently forced to pay well above the officially fixed rates for everyday essentials, The Express Tribune reported.
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Pakistan, Iran agree to set USD 8 billion trade goal, nearly 2 years after
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Nearly two years since the cross-border conflict, Pakistan and Iran on Sunday agreed to set their annual bilateral trade at USD 8 billion, aimed at the advancement of economic cooperation and regional connectivity, The Express Tribune reported.
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