Pakistan
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Imran Khan’s party kicks off ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ from Lahore
Lahore: Ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Wednesday began a mass court arrest movement from Lahore over what it called the violation of fundamental rights, abuse of the Constitution…
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Pakistan to cut number of missions abroad under austerity measures
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has issued instructions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to slash down a number of foreign missions abroad and reduce their offices, staff, and other measures…
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Pakistani girl who was arrested for illegally staying in India returns home, says family
Karachi: A minor Pakistani girl who went missing from her home in Hyderabad city in the southern Sindh province last September and was arrested from Bengaluru in January has returned back, her…
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‘Vulgur content’: Internet slams Pak university over incest question
A professor was fired and blacklisted by Islamabad-based COMSATS University after he set a question regarding incest in an examination of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE) students in December last year. The…
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Lahore varsity celebrating ‘Bollywood Day’ sparks debate in Pakistan
Lahore: A university in Lahore celebrating ‘Bollywood Day’ as one of its farewell events for the senior batch has divided the internet in Pakistan, the media reported. While some people wished to…
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Pakistan, Afghan forces exchange fire at major border crossing
Islamabad: Forces of Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged fire on the Torkham border leaving a border guard injured. The Taliban-led government of Afghanistan on Sunday shut the border crossing, accusing Pakistan of reneging…
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Pakistan’s current account deficit shrinks 90% to USD 0.24 billion in January
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan’s current account deficit shrank 90.2 per cent to USD 0.24 billion in January from USD 2.47 billion in the same month last year, the data shared by the State…
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Imran Khan reaches Lahore High Court for hearing on his bail plea
Lahore: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan reached the Lahore High Court on Monday for a hearing on his bail application in a case linked to violent protests outside the election commission,…
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Pak ministers warn Alvi not to turn President House into blackmailing den
Islamabad: Two Pakistani Ministers on Monday warned President Arif Alvi from turning the President’s House into a den for blackmailing after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) refused to participate in a…
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12 dead, 54 injured as bus falls into ditch in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least 12 passengers were killed and 54 others injured after a bus fell into a ditch in the Chakwal district of Pakistan’s Punjab province, the rescue service said on Monday.…
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Taliban shuts down main border point with Pakistan
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has ordered the shutdown of one of the country’s main trading and border crossing points with Pakistan, accusing Islamabad of reneging on its commitments. The Afghan…
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2 killed, 8 injured in truck-van collision in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least two passengers were killed and eight others injured in a collision between a truck and a van near Jamshoro district in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, rescue service reported. The…
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Alvi should act as president, not Imran Khan’s spokesman: Pak Interior Minister
Islamabad: Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah “censured” President Arif Alvi, asking him to respect his constitutional stature as he has nothing to do with the date for elections, the media reported Sunday.…
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Tur dal prices to go up as production constraints pull down supplies
Ahmedabad: The Tur daal (lentil or toor) market is extremely tight due to insufficient supply; imported daal will arrive soon but will have little impact on the market. Because of this, retail…
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Allahabad HC rejects petition seeking cancelling of FIR against conversion accused
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging an FIR lodged against 37 people accused of coercing a man to undergo a religious conversion from Hinduism to Christianity through…