Pakistan
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PM Shehbaz Sharif orders inquiry into power outage in Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an inquiry into the power outage in Pakistan that took place at around 7:34 am on Monday and left many cities including Karachi, Lahore,…
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93 per cent of Pakistanis stand for ban on cigarette sale: Survey
Islamabad: The findings of a study have shown that 93 percent of Pakistanis agreed that the sale of cigarettes should be banned. A Gallup and Gilani Pakistan survey reported that a nationally…
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Pakistan’s mobile phone imports decline 66% in 1st half of FY 2023
Islamabad: Pakistan’s mobile phone imports declined by 66 percent in the first half of the current fiscal year 2022-2023, compared to the same period of the last fiscal year, according to official…
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Pak: Married Hindu girl raped after refusing to convert to Islam
Karachi: A married Hindu girl abducted from Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has said she was threatened by her kidnappers to convert to Islam and raped after she refused to change her religion,…
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Pakistan condemns desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden
Islamabad: Pakistan has strongly condemned the “abhorrent” act of the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden, stressing that the move hurt the sentiments of the 1.5 billion-strong Muslim community across the…
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Azam Khan sworn in as caretaker CM of Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar: Former bureaucrat Muhammad Azam Khan was sworn in as the caretaker chief minister of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province at a ceremony held here on Saturday. Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haji…
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Petrol stocks may dry up in Pakistan
Islamabad: The Petroleum Division has warned the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) that the stocks of petroleum products may dry up as banks are refusing to open and confirm Letters of Credit…
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Foreign shipping lines may stop Pakistan operations
Islamabad: Pakistan shipping agents have forewarned the government that all export cargoes could come to a halt as foreign shipping lines are considering stopping their services for the country after banks stopped…
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‘Efforts made to disqualify me from politics…’ says Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan alleged that the federal government is determined to drive him out of politics, reported The News International. He said that…
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Pakistan to pay for Russian oil in currencies of friendly countries
Islamabad: Pakistan will pay for energy purchases from Russia, when they start in late March, in currencies of friendly countries, a top energy official said on Friday. The development came at the…
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Putin views Pakistan as ‘key partner in South Asia’
Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has received a special message from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who views Islamabad as Moscows key partner in South Asia and the Islamic world, reiterating his…
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WB delays loans approval for Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistans worsening economic situation, political uncertainty and reluctance of the current government to fulfil the pre-conditions to revive the IMF programme, coupled with delays in taking these decisions has added to…