Pakistan
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Pakistan: Offensive photoshoot at Kartarpur annoys Sikh community
New Delhi: A clothing brand recently came under fire after an alleged photo shoot at the Kartarpur Gurdwara in Pakistan. In the shoot, a Lahore-based model can be seen bareheaded, posing for…
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Road accident leaves 3 killed, 9 injured in Karachi
Islamabad: Three people were killed and nine others injured in a road accident in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Monday, local media reported. A van carrying staff of a private…
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6 terrorists arrested in intel-based ops in Pak’s Punjab
Islamabad: Six terrorists were arrested in separate intelligence-based operations in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the police said on Monday. The CTD in Punjab told local media…
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PTI leader shot dead in Pak’s Sindh province
Islamabad: A leader of Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) was killed in the country’s Sindh province, local media reported on Saturday. According to Daily Pakistan, unidentified attackers targeted Sakhawat inside his own…
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Pakistan responds to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks on Partition
Pakistan’s foreign affairs ministry on Saturday responded to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s(RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statements made on Thursday and labelled it as “highly provocative and irresponsible.” Bhagwat speaking at a book launch…
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Netizens furious after visuals emerge of animals starving to death in Karachi Zoo
New Delhi: Pakistani social media users are angry and asking their government to shut down all zoos if they do not have money to provide food to animals in cages. In a…
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Pak allows transportation of wheat from India to Afghanistan
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to allow the transportation of 50,000 Metric Tonnes (MTs) of wheat and lifesaving medicines through the Wagah Border as humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. In a statement on Wednesday,…
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87% Pakistanis believe country headed in wrong direction
New Delhi: As many as 87 per cent of Pakistanis believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, said the latest survey conducted by research company IPSOS Pakistan. Almost 1,100 people…
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan wins top sports award in Dubai
The coveted Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award has been awarded to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday. Khan is honoured with the International Sports Personality Award for his…
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Pak agrees to swallow bitter IMF pill to revive financial bailout
Islamabad: In a major decision taken by the Imran Khan-led government in Pakistan, which may lead to a further surge in the sufferings of the poor, Islamabad has agreed to take steps…
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Amnesty urges Pakistan to end enforced disappearances
Islamabad: Amnesty International on Monday urged Pakistani authorities to stop forcibly disappearing suspected militants for years without trial, calling the practice abhorrent. In a report entitled Living Ghosts,” the rights group describes…
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IMF plans to revive USD 6 billion Pakistan funding programme
Washington: The United Nations (UN) International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday said that it has come to an agreement with Pakistan on terms to help revive a USD 6 billion funding programme…
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Hindu minor boy sexually assaulted, murdered in Pakistan
Islamabad: An 11-year-old Hindu boy was sexually assaulted and brutally murdered in Pakistan’s Sindh province, according to a media report on Saturday. The boy went missing on Friday evening and his body…
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan my ‘elder brother’, says Sidhu
Chandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday addressed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan as his ‘elder brother’. He made the statement while interacting with the CEO of the Kartarpur project…
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Hackers in Delhi reportedly launching cyberattacks against China, Pakistan
New Delhi: A new report published by Antiy Labs, one of China’s cybersecurity companies, disclosed an active hacker team whose members are based in Delhi and has been launching cyberattacks against the…
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PM Imran Khan reaffirms commitment to uphold children’s rights
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to uphold children’s rights and ensure a better future for every child in the country. The Pakistani government is determined…
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Pakistan-China joint ventures face hurdles
New Delhi: The increasing number of joint ventures between Islamabad and Beijing under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are confronted with some practical difficulties, The Express Tribune quoted an official…
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Pakistan eases norm for 10 days advance intimation before Kartarpur visit
New Delhi: Pakistan has decided to relax its mutually laid limit with India of 10 days advance intimation before the arrival of Sikh pilgrims to visit the Kartarpur gurdwara, Geo News reported…
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Pak Minister says major reason behind extremism is schools & colleges, not madrassas
New Delhi: Pakistan Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that schools and colleges that are the major reason behind extremism and not madrassas, as is the popular belief, Geo News…
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Imran Khan sails through Parliament test
New Delhi: The joint session of Pakistan Parliament was an opportunity for Prime Minister Imran Khan to prove his majority in Parliament, which he did. With the support of 221 votes of…
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Pakistan passes bill for chemical castration of rapist
New Delhi: One of the bills passed by the joint session of the Pakistan Parliament provides for the punishment of “chemical castration” of a habitual rapist, Dawn news reported. The Criminal Law…
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Pak passes bill for chemical castration of rapist
New Delhi:Â One of the bills passed by the joint session of the Pakistan Parliament provides for the punishment of “chemical castration” of a habitual rapist, Dawn news reported. The Criminal Law (Amendment)…
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Dosti bus service to resume between Pakistan and Afghanistan
Islamabad: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to resume the Dosti bus service between the two countries, a step being seen as a first positive move towards resumption of frequent movement of locals…
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Pak PM to consider Afghan’s plea to allow transit of Indian wheat aid
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that he would consider a plea from Afghanistan to allow transit of Indian wheat via Pakistan as he urged the international community to fulfil…
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Indian pilgrims scheduled to visit Pak on occasion of Gurupurab
New Delhi: Â India on Thursday hoped that Pakistan will facilitate the visit of around 1,500 Indian pilgrims to that country through the Attar-Wagah transit point in view of Gurupurab. The pilgrims are…
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With love from Pakistan to China: Exporting donkeys from Islamabad
Fakir Syed Aijazuddin By Fakir Syed Aijazuddin Sequels are best avoided, unless one is a Steven Spielberg. He followed his hugely successful natural horror film JAWS with three sequels. Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone…
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Pak SC grills Imran Khan in 2014 Army Public School massacre case
Islamabad: Imran Khan on Wednesday faced a barrage of questions at a hearing of the 2014 terror attack on an Army-run school during which the Supreme Court bench asked the Pakistan prime…
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Plot for Hindu temple in Islamabad restored after public outcry
New Delhi: The Islamabad Capital Development Authority (CDA) has come under severe criticism from the public for cancelling a plot allotted for the construction of a Hindu temple and cremation centre, Dawn…
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Pakistan Chief Justice inaugurates rebuilt Hindu temple in KP
New Delhi: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed inaugurated the rebuilt Shri Param Hans Ji Maharaj temple in Karak, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on the occasion of Diwali and felicitated the community on…
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Pak Chief Justice to celebrate Diwali in temple to express solidarity with Hindus
New Delhi: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmad will celebrate Diwali at the Teri Temple in Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Monday to express solidarity with the local members of the Hindu…
